Everyלְכָלbeastהַבְּהֵמָהthatאֲשֶׁר הִואdividesמַפְרֶסֶתthe hoofפַּרְסָהbut is notוְ אֵינֶנָּהsplitשֹׁסַעַתwith a cleft,שֶׁסַעand does notוְ אֵינֶנָּהchewמַעֲלָהthe cud,גֵרָהthey shall beהֵםuncleanטְמֵאִיםfor you;לָכֶםwhoeverכָּל הַtouchesנֹּגֵעַthemבָּהֶםwill be unclean.יִטְמָא
Leviticus 11:26
Study it in the app“Every beast that divides the hoof but is not split with a cleft, and does not chew the cud, they shall be unclean for you; whoever touches them will be unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:26, word by word
- beastבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- dividesמַפְרֶסֶתmafreset
split hoof
To have a split hoof.
Where else “mafreset” appears- the hoofפַּרְסָהparsa
hoof
Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.
Where else “parsa” appears- splitשֹׁסַעַתshosaat
cleft
Cleft: the split between the two parts of a hoof.
Where else “shosaat” appears- with a cleftשֶׁסַעshesa
split
To cleave in two; the divided hoof.
Where else “shesa” appears- chewמַעֲלָהmaala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “maala” appears- the cudגֵרָהgera
cud
Cud: the food some animals bring back into the mouth to chew it again.
Where else “gera” appears- uncleanטְמֵאִיםtemeim
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temeim” appears- touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- will be uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears
The context
25And whoever carries any of their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until the evening.
26 · This verse (above)
27And all that walk on their paws, among all the animals that walk on all fours, they shall be unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.