Leviticus 11:9

“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.”

Leviticus 11:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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