Deuteronomy 14:9

“This you may eat of all that is in the water: all that has fins and scales you may eat.”

Deuteronomy 14:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 14:9, word by word

you may eatתֹּאכְלוּtochlu

eat

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

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is in the waterמָּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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finsסְנַפִּירsenapir

fins

Fin of a fish.

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and scalesקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתkaskeset

scale

Scale of a fish; also the plates of a coat of armor.

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The context

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.

9 · This verse (above)

10And all that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

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