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Do notאַלmake yourselves detestableתְּשַׁקְּצוּ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםwith anyבְּכָלswarming thingהַשֶּׁרֶץthat swarms,הַשֹּׁרֵץand do notוְלֹאmake yourselves uncleanתִטַּמְּאוּwith themבָּהֶםso that you become uncleanוְנִטְמֵתֶםby them.בָּם
Leviticus 11:43
Study it in the app“Do not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and do not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean by them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:43, word by word
- make yourselves detestableתְּשַׁקְּצוּteshaktsu
detest, make detestable
Treat as detestable, reject with disgust; make oneself detestable.
Where else “teshaktsu” appears- make yourselves detestableנַפְשֹׁתֵיnafshote
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshote” appears- swarming thingשֶּׁרֶץsherets
swarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sherets” appears- that swarmsשֹּׁרֵץshorets
swarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “shorets” appears- make yourselves uncleanתִטַּמְּאוּtitamu
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “titamu” appears
The context
42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or even whatever has many feet, among all the swarming things that swarm on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are a detestable thing.
43 · This verse (above)
44For I am YHWH your Elohim; sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am holy. And do not make yourselves unclean with any swarming thing that creeps on the earth.