Theseזֶהyou may eatתֹּאכְלוּof allמִכֹּלthat isאֲשֶׁרin the waters:בַּמָּיִםeverythingכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרhasלוֹfinsסְנַפִּירand scalesוְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתin the waters,בַּמַּיִםin the seasבַּיַּמִּיםand in the streams,וּבַנְּחָלִיםthoseאֹתָםyou may eat.תֹּאכֵלוּ
Leviticus 11:9
Study it in the app“These 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:9, word by word
- you may eatתֹּאכְלוּtochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochlu” appears- in the watersמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- finsסְנַפִּירsenapir
fins
Fin of a fish.
Where else “senapir” appears- and scalesקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתkaskeset
scale
Scale of a fish; also the plates of a coat of armor.
Where else “kaskeset” appears- in the seasיַּמִּיםyamim
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appears- and in the streamsנְּחָלִיםnechalim
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nechalim” appears
The context
8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they shall be unclean for you.
9 · This verse (above)
10But everything that has no fins and scales in the seas and in the streams, among all the swarming things of the waters and among all the living beings that are in the waters, they shall be a detestable thing for you.