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Leviticus 11:9-12

Clean and Unclean Creatures: Holiness in Daily Life

The LORD instructs Moses and Aaron concerning clean and unclean land animals, water creatures, birds, flying insects, swarming creatures, carcass contamination, household impurity, and the theological purpose of these distinctions: Israel must be holy because the LORD is holy.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10 But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

11 They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

12 Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Original words

- אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Of all [the creatures] מִכֹּ֖ל H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular that [live] אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative in the water בַּמָּ֑יִם H4325 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural whether in the seas בַּיַּמִּ֛ים H3220 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural or in the streams וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים H5158 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural - אֹתָ֥ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural - תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural you may eat תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural - זֶה֙ H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular anything כֹּ֣ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular אֲשֶׁר־ אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative with fins סְנַפִּ֨יר H5579 Noun - masculine singular and scales וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת H7193 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular . . . בַּמַּ֗יִם H4325 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural

Verse 10

Cross-references

Leviticus 7:18 Classic cross-references Leviticus 7:21 Classic cross-references Proverbs 29:27 Classic cross-references

Original words

But the following הֵ֖ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural among all מִכֹּל֙ H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct the teeming שֶׁ֣רֶץ H8318 Noun - masculine singular construct life הַחַיָּ֖ה H2416 Article | Adjective - feminine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative - בַּמָּ֑יִם H4325 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural and creatures נֶ֥פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular in the water הַמַּ֔יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural are detestable שֶׁ֥קֶץ H8263 Noun - masculine singular to you לָכֶֽם׃ Preposition | second person masculine plural everything וְכֹל֩ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular in the seas בַּיַּמִּים֙ H3220 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural or streams וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים H5158 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural that אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative does not אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb have fins סְנַפִּ֣יר H5579 Noun - masculine singular and scales וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת H7193 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular . . . וּמִכֹּ֛ל H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct

Verse 11

Cross-references

Leviticus 11:2 Classic cross-references Leviticus 5:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

They shall be יִהְי֣וּ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural an abomination וְשֶׁ֖קֶץ H8263 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular to you לָכֶ֑ם Preposition | second person masculine plural you must not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle eat תֹאכֵ֔לוּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker their meat מִבְּשָׂרָם֙ H1320 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural and you must detest תְּשַׁקֵּֽצוּ׃ H8262 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural their carcasses נִבְלָתָ֖ם H5038 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 12

Original words

Everything כֹּ֣ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular in the water בַּמָּ֑יִם H4325 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural that אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative does not אֵֽין־ H369 Adverb have ל֛וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular fins סְנַפִּ֥יר H5579 Noun - masculine singular and scales וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת H7193 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular shall be detestable שֶׁ֥קֶץ H8263 Noun - masculine singular . . . ה֖וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular to you לָכֶֽם׃ Preposition | second person masculine plural

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