And the pig,וְאֶת הַחֲזִירbecauseכִּיitהוּאpartsמַפְרִיסthe hoofפַּרְסָהbut does not chewוְלֹאthe cud,גֵרָהit is uncleanטָמֵא הוּאfor you.לָכֶםOf their fleshמִבְּשָׂרָםyou shall notלֹאeat,תֹאכֵלוּand their carcassesוּבְנִבְלָתָםyou shall notלֹאtouch.תִגָּעוּ
Deuteronomy 14:8
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 14:8, word by word
- And the pigחֲזִירchazir
pig
Pig.
Where else “chazir” appears- partsמַפְרִיסmafris
split hoof
To have a split hoof.
Where else “mafris” appears- the hoofפַּרְסָהparsa
hoof
Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.
Where else “parsa” appears- the cudגֵרָהgera
cud
Cud: the food some animals bring back into the mouth to chew it again.
Where else “gera” appears- it is uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- Of their fleshבְּשָׂרָbesara
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besara” appears- eatתֹאכֵלוּtochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appears- and their carcassesנִבְלָתָnivlata
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlata” appears- touchתִגָּעוּtigau
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “tigau” appears
The context
7But 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9This you may eat of all that is in the water: all that has fins and scales you may eat.