Leviticus 11:10

“But everything that has no fins and scales in the seas and in the streams, among all the swarming things of the waters and among all the living beings that are in the waters, they shall be a detestable thing for you.”

Leviticus 11:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 11:10, word by word

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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in the seasיַּמִּיםyamim

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

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and in the streamsנְּחָלִיםnechalim

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

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the swarming thingsשֶׁרֶץsherets

swarming things

A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.

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of the watersמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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the livingחַיָּהchaya

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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beingsנֶפֶשׁnefesh

living being

Something alive that breathes, person or animal.

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a detestable thingשֶׁקֶץshekets

detestable thing

A detestable thing: what the Law commands to reject, especially as food.

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The context

9These you may eat of all that is in the waters: everything that has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the streams, those you may eat.

10 · This verse (above)

11They shall be a detestable thing for you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall hold detestable.

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