Leviticus 11:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.”

Leviticus 11:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 11:214 words

דַּבְּרוּdabərûArrange

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

זֹאתzōʾtThis

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבְּרוּdabərûArrange

אֶלʾelNear

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

זֹאתzōʾtThis

הַחַיָּהhaḥayāhThe living

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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