Leviticus 11:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽין־ל֜וֹ סְנַפִּ֣יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת בַּיַּמִּים֙ וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים מִכֹּל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הַמַּ֔יִם וּמִכֹּ֛ל נֶ֥פֶשׁ הַחַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם

Transliteration

And-all which not-has sənapîr and-qaśqeśet in-the-yammîm and-in-the-nəḥālîm from-all šereṣ the-mayim and-from-all nefeš the-ḥayyâ which in-the-mayim šeqeṣ they to-you

Grammar Details

• *wə-ḵōl*: waw conjunction + noun, construct state - and all of
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ʾên-lō*: negative particle of existence + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - has not
• *sənapîr*: masculine singular noun - fin
• *wə-qaśqeśet*: waw conjunction + feminine singular noun - and scale
• *ba-yammîm*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the seas
• *ū-ḇa-nəḥālîm*: waw conjunction + preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - and in the streams/rivers
• *mi-kōl*: preposition + noun, construct state - from all of
• *šereṣ*: masculine singular noun, construct state - swarming thing of
• *ha-mayim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the waters
• *ū-mi-kōl*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun, construct state - and from all of
• *nefeš*: feminine singular noun, construct state - living creature of
• *ha-ḥayyâ*: definite article + feminine singular adjective - the living
• *ba-māyim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the waters
• *šeqeṣ*: masculine singular noun - detestable thing/abomination
• *hēm*: 3rd masculine plural independent pronoun - they
• *lāḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to/for you

Word Meanings

• *šereṣ*: swarming thing/teeming creature/creeping thing
• *nefeš ha-ḥayyâ*: living creature/living being/living thing
• *šeqeṣ*: detestable thing/abomination/loathsome thing

Referenced Verses

• Lev 7:18 : 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
• Deut 14:3 : 3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
• Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
• Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
• Prov 29:27 : 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.