Leviticus 11:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales, all the swarming creatures in the water, and all the living creatures in it, you are to regard as detestable.

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And all that have not fins and scas in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And all that do not have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination to you:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

• 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,

• King James 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 any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And all that haue not finnes ad skales in the sees ad ryuers of all that moue and lyue in the waters shall ye abhorre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But what so euer hath not fynnes and scales in the sees and ryuers, amonge all yt moue in the waters, & of all that lyue in the waters, it shalbe an abhominacion vnto you,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But all that haue not finnes nor skales in the seas, or in the riuers, of all that moueth in the waters, and of al liuing things that are in the waters, they shalbe an abomination vnto you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all that haue not finnes nor skales in the sea and riuers, of all that moue and liue in the waters, let them be abhomination vnto you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All that don't have 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 to you,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which `is' in the waters -- an abomination they `are' to you;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All other things living and moving in the water, in the sea or in the rivers, are a disgusting thing to you;

• World English Bible (2000)

  All that don't have 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 to you,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 7:18 : 18 If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted; it will not be credited to the one who offered it. The meat will be considered unclean, and anyone who eats it will bear their guilt.
• Deut 14:3 : 3 You shall not eat any detestable thing.
• Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Do I not hate those who hate You, LORD, and detest those who rise up against You? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them as my enemies.
• Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
• Prov 29:27 : 27 The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.