But everythingוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרhas noאֵין לוֹfinsסְנַפִּירand scalesוְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתin the seasבַּיַּמִּיםand in the streams,וּבַנְּחָלִיםamong allמִכֹּלthe swarming thingsשֶׁרֶץof the watersהַמַּיִםand among allוּמִכֹּלthe livingהַחַיָּהbeingsנֶפֶשׁthat areאֲשֶׁרin the waters,בַּמָּיִםthey shall beהֵםa detestable thingשֶׁקֶץfor you.לָכֶם
Leviticus 11:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:10, word by word
- finsסְנַפִּירsenapir
fins
Fin of a fish.
Where else “senapir” appears- and scalesקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתkaskeset
scale
Scale of a fish; also the plates of a coat of armor.
Where else “kaskeset” appears- in the seasיַּמִּיםyamim
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appears- and in the streamsנְּחָלִיםnechalim
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nechalim” appears- the swarming thingsשֶׁרֶץsherets
swarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sherets” appears- of the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the livingחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- beingsנֶפֶשׁnefesh
living being
Something alive that breathes, person or animal.
Where else “nefesh” appears- a detestable thingשֶׁקֶץshekets
detestable thing
A detestable thing: what the Law commands to reject, especially as food.
Where else “shekets” appears
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.