Leviticus 11:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;”
Leviticus 11:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 11:2120 words
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
אֶתʾet—
זֶהzehThis
תֹּאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
שֶׁרֶץšereṣSwarm
הָעוֹףhāʿwōp̄The bird
הַהֹלֵךְhahōlēḵəThe walk
עַלʿalAbove
אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לאlʾNot
לוֹlwōTo
כְרָעַיִםḵərāʿayimLeg
מִמַּעַלmimaʿalFrom upper part
לְרַגְלָיוləragəlāywTo foot
לְנַתֵּרlənatērTo jump
בָּהֵןbāhēnIn they
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
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