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This isזֹאתthe instructionתּוֹרַתfor the beasts,הַבְּהֵמָהand the birds,וְהָעוֹףand everyוְכֹלlivingהַחַיָּהbeingנֶפֶשׁthat movesהָרֹמֶשֶׂתin the waters,בַּמָּיִםand for everyוּלְכָלbeingנֶפֶשׁthat swarmsהַשֹּׁרֶצֶתonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץ
Leviticus 11:46
Study it in the app“This is the instruction for the beasts, and the birds, and every living being that moves in the waters, and for every being that swarms on the earth,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:46, word by word
- the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- for the beastsבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- and the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- livingחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- beingנֶפֶשׁnefesh
living being
Something alive that breathes, person or animal.
Where else “nefesh” appears- that movesרֹמֶשֶׂתromeset
creep, move
Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.
Where else “romeset” appears- in the watersמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- that swarmsשֹּׁרֶצֶתshoretset
swarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “shoretset” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
45For I am YHWH who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your Elohim; so you shall be holy, for I am holy.”
46 · This verse (above)
47to separate the unclean from the clean, and the animal that may be eaten from the animal that may not be eaten.