Deuteronomy 12:22

“Just as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so you shall eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.”

Deuteronomy 12:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 12:22, word by word

the gazelleצְּבִיtsevi

gazelle

A light, handsome animal of the deer family, which could be hunted and eaten.

Where else “tsevi” appears
and the deerאַיָּלayal

deer, stag

Deer, stag.

Where else “ayal” appears
is eatenיֵאָכֵלyeachel

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “yeachel” appears
the uncleanטָּמֵאtame

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

Where else “tame” appears
and the cleanטָּהוֹרtahor

clean

Fit under the law for worship, without stain.

Where else “tahor” appears
alikeיַחְדָּוyachdav

together

Together, at the same time.

Where else “yachdav” appears

The context

21If the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to put his name there is far from you, then you may sacrifice from your herd and from your flock that YHWH has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates with all the desire of your soul.

22 · This verse (above)

23Only be firm not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

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