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Everythingכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרhas noאֵין לוֹfinsסְנַפִּירand scalesוְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתin the waters,בַּמָּיִםit shall beהוּאa detestable thingשֶׁקֶץfor you.לָכֶם
Leviticus 11:12
Study it in the app“Everything that has no fins and scales in the waters, it shall be a detestable thing for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:12, 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 watersמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- a detestable thingשֶׁקֶץshekets
detestable thing
A detestable thing: what the Law commands to reject, especially as food.
Where else “shekets” appears
The context
11They shall be a detestable thing for you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall hold detestable.
12 · This verse (above)
13And these you shall hold detestable among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are a detestable thing: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the sea eagle,