Deuteronomy 12:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.”
Deuteronomy 12:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:1520 words
רַקraqLeanness
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אַוַּתʾaûtLonging
נַפְשְׁךָnap̄əšəḵāSoul
תִּזְבַּחtizəbaḥSlaughter
וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
בָשָׂרvāśārFlesh
כְּבִרְכַּתkəvirəkatLike benediction
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
לְךָləḵāTo
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening
הַטָּמֵאhaṭāmēʾThe foul
וְהַטָּהוֹרwəhaṭāhwōrAnd the pure
יֹאכְלֶנּוּyōʾḵəlenûEat
כַּצְּבִיkaṣəvîLike splendor
וְכָאַיָּלwəḵāʾayālAnd like stag
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