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But every otherוְכֹלwinged insectשֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹףthatאֲשֶׁרhasלוֹfourאַרְבַּעfeet,רַגְלָיִםit shall beהוּאa detestable thingשֶׁקֶץfor you.לָכֶם
Leviticus 11:23
Study it in the app“But every other winged insect that has four feet, it shall be a detestable thing for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:23, word by word
- winged insectשֶׁרֶץsherets
swarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sherets” appears- winged insectעוֹףof
winged insect
A small winged creature, like the locust, which the law classifies apart.
Where else “of” appears- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- feetרַגְלָיִםraglayim
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglayim” appears- a detestable thingשֶׁקֶץshekets
detestable thing
A detestable thing: what the Law commands to reject, especially as food.
Where else “shekets” appears
The context
22These of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.
23 · This verse (above)
24And by these you will become unclean; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.