Deuteronomy 14:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.”

Deuteronomy 14:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 14:817 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַחֲזִירhaḥăzîrThe hog

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מַפְרִיסmap̄ərîsBreak

פַּרְסָהparəsāhClaw

הוּאhûʾHe

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

גֵרָהgērāhCud

טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul

הוּאhûʾHe

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

מִבְּשָׂרָםmibəśārāmFrom flesh

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹאכֵלוּtōʾḵēlûEat

וּבְנִבְלָתָםûvənivəlātāmAnd in flabby

לֹאlōʾNot

תִגָּעוּtigāʿûTouch

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֲזִירhaḥăzîrThe hog

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מַפְרִיסmap̄ərîsBreak

פַּרְסָהparəsāhClaw

הוּאhûʾHe

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

גֵרָהgērāhCud

טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul

הוּאhûʾHe

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

מִבְּשָׂרָםmibəśārāmFrom flesh

לֹאlōʾNot

תֹאכֵלוּtōʾḵēlûEat

וּבְנִבְלָתָםûvənivəlātāmAnd in flabby

לֹאlōʾNot

תִגָּעוּtigāʿûTouch

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