Study it in the app“So you shall separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.”
So you shall separateוְהִבְדַּלְתֶּםbetweenבֵּיןthe cleanהַטְּהֹרָהbeastהַבְּהֵמָהand the unclean,לַטְּמֵאָהand betweenוּבֵיןthe uncleanהַטָּמֵאbirdהָעוֹףand the clean;לַטָּהֹרand you shall notוְלֹאmakeתְשַׁקְּצוּyourselvesאֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםdetestableתְשַׁקְּצוּby beastבַּבְּהֵמָהor by birdוּבָעוֹףor by anythingוּבְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרcreepsתִּרְמֹשׂon the ground,הָאֲדָמָהwhichאֲשֶׁרI have separatedהִבְדַּלְתִּיfor youלָכֶםas unclean.לְטַמֵּא
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “hivdaltem” appearsclean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tehora” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearsunclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temea” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearsdetest, make detestable
Treat as detestable, reject with disgust; make oneself detestable.
Where else “teshaktsu” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshote” appearscreep, 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 “tirmos” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appearsbe unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tame” appears24But I said to you, ‘You shall possess their ground, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am YHWH your Elohim, who have separated you from the peoples.
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26And you shall be holy to me, for I, YHWH, am holy, and I have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
