Deuteronomy 14:3

“You shall not eat any abomination.”

Deuteronomy 14:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 14:3, word by word

eatתֹאכַלtochal

eat

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

Where else “tochal” appears
abominationתּוֹעֵבָהtoeva

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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The context

2for you are a holy people to YHWH your Elohim, and YHWH has chosen you to be for him a people, his special treasure, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.

3 · This verse (above)

4These are the beasts that you may eat: the ox, the sheep and the goat,

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