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Of their fleshמִבְּשָׂרָםyou shall notלֹאeat,תֹאכֵלוּand their carcassesוּבְנִבְלָתָםyou shall notלֹאtouch;תִגָּעוּthey shall beהֵםuncleanטְמֵאִיםfor you.לָכֶם
Leviticus 11:8
Study it in the app“Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they shall be unclean for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:8, word by word
- Of their fleshבְּשָׂרָbesara
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besara” appears- eatתֹאכֵלוּtochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appears- and their carcassesנִבְלָתָnivlata
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlata” appears- touchתִגָּעוּtigau
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “tigau” appears- uncleanטְמֵאִיםtemeim
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temeim” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9These you may eat of all that is in the waters: everything that has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the streams, those you may eat.