Deuteronomy 14:7

“But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the hoof parted in two: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof; they are unclean for you.”

Deuteronomy 14:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 14:7, word by word

eatתֹאכְלוּtochlu

eat

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

Where else “tochlu” appears
of those that chewמַּעֲלֵיmaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “maale” appears
the cudגֵּרָהgera

cud

Cud: the food some animals bring back into the mouth to chew it again.

Where else “gera” appears
or of those that haveמַּפְרִיסֵיmafrise

split hoof

To have a split hoof.

Where else “mafrise” appears
the hoofפַּרְסָהparsa

hoof

Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.

Where else “parsa” appears
partedשְּׁסוּעָהshesua

split

To cleave in two; the divided hoof.

Where else “shesua” appears
the camelגָּמָלgamal

camel

Camel.

Where else “gamal” appears
the hareאַרְנֶבֶתarnevet

hare

Hare.

Where else “arnevet” appears
and the rock badgerשָּׁפָןshafan

hyrax

A small rabbit-like animal living among rocks.

Where else “shafan” appears
they are uncleanטְמֵאִיםtemeim

unclean

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

Where else “temeim” appears

The context

6And every beast that has a parted hoof, split into two hoofs, and chews the cud among the beasts, it you may eat.

7 · This verse (above)

8And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

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