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Leviticus 11:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.


Leviticus 11:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 11:421 words
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
אֶתʾet
זֶהzehThis
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִמַּעֲלֵיmimaʿălêFrom ascend
הַגֵּרָהhagērāhThe cud
וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵיûmimap̄ərîsêAnd from break
הַפַּרְסָהhaparəsāhThe claw
אֶתʾet
הַגָּמָלhagāmālThe camel
כִּיRelative conjunction
מַעֲלֵהmaʿălēhAscend
גֵרָהgērāhCud
הוּאhûʾHe
וּפַרְסָהûp̄arəsāhAnd claw
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
מַפְרִיסmap̄ərîsBreak
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
הוּאhûʾHe
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
זֶהzehThis
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכְלוּtōʾḵəlûEat
מִמַּעֲלֵיmimaʿălêFrom ascend
הַגֵּרָהhagērāhThe cud
וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵיûmimap̄ərîsêAnd from break
הַפַּרְסָהhaparəsāhThe claw
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַגָּמָלhagāmālThe camel
כִּיRelative conjunction
מַעֲלֵהmaʿălēhAscend
גֵרָהgērāhCud
הוּאhûʾHe
וּפַרְסָהûp̄arəsāhAnd claw
אֵינֶנּוּʾênenûNonentity
מַפְרִיסmap̄ərîsBreak
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
הוּאhûʾHe
לָכֶםlāḵemTo

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