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Any beastכֹּלthat has a dividedמַפְרֶסֶתhoofפַּרְסָהand is splitוְשֹׁסַעַתwith a cleftשֶׁסַעin its hooves,פְּרָסֹתthat chewsמַעֲלַתthe cud,גֵּרָהamong the beasts,בַּבְּהֵמָהitאֹתָהּyou may eat.תֹּאכֵלוּ
Leviticus 11:3
Study it in the app“Any beast that has a divided hoof and is split with a cleft in its hooves, that chews the cud, among the beasts, it you may eat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:3, word by word
- that has a dividedמַפְרֶסֶתmafreset
split hoof
To have a split hoof.
Where else “mafreset” appears- hoofפַּרְסָהparsa
hoof
Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.
Where else “parsa” appears- and is splitשֹׁסַעַתshosaat
split
To cleave in two; the divided hoof.
Where else “shosaat” appears- with a cleftשֶׁסַעshesa
cleft
Cleft: the split between the two parts of a hoof.
Where else “shesa” appears- that chewsמַעֲלַתmaalat
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “maalat” appears- the cudגֵּרָהgera
cud
Cud: the food some animals bring back into the mouth to chew it again.
Where else “gera” appears- among the beastsבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- you may eatתֹּאכֵלוּtochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appears
The context
2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: These are the animals that you may eat out of all the beasts that are on the earth.
3 · This verse (above)
4But these you shall not eat, among those that chew the cud or among those that divide the hoof: the camel, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.