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Leviticus 11:42 — King James Version← Study notes

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.


Leviticus 11:42Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 11:4222 words
כֹּלkōlWhole
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
עַלʿalAbove
גָּחgāḥExternal abdomen
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
עַלʿalAbove
אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour
עַדʿadAs far
כָּלkālWhole
מַרְבֵּהmarəbēhIncrease
רַגְלַיִםragəlayimFoot
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
הַשֶּׁרֶץhašereṣThe swarm
הַשֹּׁרֵץhašōrēṣThe wriggle
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכְלוּםtōʾḵəlûmEat
כִּיRelative conjunction
שֶׁקֶץšeqeṣFilth
הֵםhēmThey
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כֹּלkōlWhole
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
עַלʿalAbove
גָּחgāḥExternal abdomen
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
עַלʿalAbove
אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour
עַדʿadAs far
כָּלkālWhole
מַרְבֵּהmarəbēhIncrease
רַגְלַיִםragəlayimFoot
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
הַשֶּׁרֶץhašereṣThe swarm
הַשֹּׁרֵץhašōrēṣThe wriggle
עַלʿalAbove
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכְלוּםtōʾḵəlûmEat
כִּיRelative conjunction
שֶׁקֶץšeqeṣFilth
הֵםhēmThey

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