Exodus 12:9

“Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all in water, but roasted in fire, its head with its legs and with its inner parts.”

Exodus 12:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 12:9, word by word

eatתֹּאכְלוּtochlu

eat

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

Where else “tochlu” appears
rawנָאna

raw

Raw, half-cooked. It occurs only in Exodus 12:9.

Where else “na” appears
boiled at allבָשֵׁלvashel

boiled

Boiled, cooked in water.

Where else “vashel” appears
boiled at allמְבֻשָּׁלmevushal

boil

To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.

Where else “mevushal” appears
in waterמָּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
roastedצְלִיtseli

roasted

Roasted.

Where else “tseli” appears
in fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
its headרֹאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

Where else “rosh” appears
its legsכְּרָעָיkeraay

legs

Legs (of an animal or of a locust), the lower part of the leg.

Where else “keraay” appears
its inner partsקִרְבּkirb

entrails

The organs inside the animal, its guts.

Where else “kirb” appears

The context

8They shall eat the meat that night, roasted in fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9 · This verse (above)

10You shall not leave any of it until morning; and what is left of it until morning you shall burn in the fire.

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