And the hare,וְ הָאַרְנֶבֶתforכִּיit chewsמַעֲלַת הִואthe cudגֵּרָהbut does notוּ לֹאdivideהִפְרִיסָהthe hoof;פַרְסָהit shall beהִואuncleanטְמֵאָהfor you.לָכֶם
Leviticus 11:6
Study it in the app“And the hare, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Leviticus 11:6, word by word
- And the hareאַרְנֶבֶתarnevet
hare
Hare.
Where else “arnevet” appears- it 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- divideהִפְרִיסָהhifrisa
split hoof
To have a split hoof.
Where else “hifrisa” appears- the hoofפַרְסָהfarsa
hoof
Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.
Where else “farsa” appears- uncleanטְמֵאָהtemea
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temea” appears
The context
5And the hyrax, for it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it shall be unclean for you.
6 · This verse (above)
7And the pig, for it divides the hoof and is split with a cleft in the hoof, but it does not chew the cud; it shall be unclean for you.