Leviticus 11:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and say: These are the beastes whiche ye shall eate, among all the beastes that are on the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבְּר֛וּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֹ֤את הַֽחַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכְל֔וּ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

Dabbərū unto-bənê Yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr this the-ḥayyâ which tōʾḵəlū from-all-the-bəhēmâ which upon-the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *Dabbərū*: Piel imperative, 2nd masculine plural - speak/say
• *bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
• *zōʾt*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
• *ha-ḥayyâ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the living thing/animal
• *tōʾḵəlū*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you may eat
• *ha-bəhēmâ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the beast/cattle/animal
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land/ground

Word Meanings

• *ḥayyâ*: living thing/animal/creature
• *bəhēmâ*: beast/cattle/livestock/animal
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground/territory

Referenced Verses

• Lev 11:11 : 11 They I say, shalbe an abhomination vnto you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, but abhorre their carkasses.
• Matt 15:11 : 11 That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man.
• Heb 9:10 : 10 With only meates and drynkes, and diuers wasshynges, and iustifiynges of the flesshe, which were layde vp vntyll the tyme of reformation.
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.
• Lev 11:4 : 4 Neuerthelesse, these shall ye not eate, of them that chawe cud, and deuideth the hoofe: onlye as is the Camell, whiche chaweth cud, but he deuideth not the hoofe, therefore is he vncleane vnto you.
• Lev 11:9 : 9 These shall ye eate, of all that are in the waters: whatsoeuer hath finnes and skales in the waters, seas, and riuers, that shall ye eate.
• Mark 7:15-19 : 15 There is nothyng without a man, that can defyle hym, when it entreth into hym: But the thynges whiche proceade out of a man, those are they that defyle the man. 16 If any man haue eares to heare, let hym heare. 17 And when he came into the house, away from the people, his disciples asked hym of the similitude. 18 And he sayde vnto them: Are ye also so without vnderstandyng? Do ye not yet perceaue, that whatsoeuer thing fro without, entreth into a man, it can not defyle hym, 19 Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purgyng all meates?
• Acts 10:12-14 : 12 Wherin were all maner of fourefooted beastes of the earth, & wilde beastes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre. 13 And there came a voyce to hym: ryse Peter, kyll and eate. 14 But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane.
• Rom 14:2-3 : 2 One beleueth yt he may eate euery thyng: Another which is weake, eateth hearbes. 3 Let not hym that eateth, dispise hym that eateth not: And let not hym which eateth not, iudge hym that eateth. For God hath receaued hym.
• Rom 14:14-15 : 14 For I knowe, and am perswaded by the Lorde Iesus, that there is nothyng common of it selfe: but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be common, to hym is it common. 15 But yf thy brother be greeued with thy meat, nowe walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not hym with thy meat, for whom Christe dyed.
• 1 Tim 4:4-6 : 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng. 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer. 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually folowed.
• Lev 11:13 : 13 These are they whiche ye shall abhorre among the foules, and that ought not to be eaten, for they are an abhomination: The Egle, the Goshauke, and the Ospray,
• Lev 11:21 : 21 Yet these may ye eate, of euery creepyng thyng that hath wynges, and go vpon foure feete: euen those that haue not bowynges aboue vpon their feete, to leape withall vpon the earth.
• Lev 11:29 : 29 And let these also be vncleane to you, among the thynges that creepe vpon the earth: the Weasel, and the Mouse, and the Toade after ther kinde:
• Lev 11:34 : 34 All maner meate also that is vsed to be eaten, yf any such water come vpo it, shalbe vncleane: And all maner drynke that is vsed to be drunke in all maner such vessels, shalbe vncleane.
• Lev 11:39 : 39 If any beast of which ye may eate, dye, and any man touche the dead carkasse thereof, he shalbe vncleane vntyll the euen.
• Lev 11:41-44 : 41 Let euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination, and not be eaten. 42 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the brest, and whatsoeuer goeth vpon foure, or that hath mo feete among all creepyng thynges that creepe vpon the earth: of that see ye eate not, for they are abhominable. 43 Ye shall not make your soules abhominable with nothyng that creepeth, neither make your selues vncleane with them, that ye shoulde be defyled therby. 44 For I am the Lorde your God: Be sanctified therfore, and ye shalbe holy, for I am holy: and ye shall not defyle your soules with any maner of creeping thyng that creepeth vpon the earth:
• Deut 14:3-9 : 3 Thou shalt eate no maner of abhomination. 4 These are the beastes which ye shall eate of, Oxen, Sheepe, and Goates: 5 Roe, Bucke, and Bugle, wilde Goate, Unicorne, wylde Oxen and Camoise, 6 And all beastes that cleaue the hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and chewe the cud, them ye shall eate. 7 Neuerthelesse, these ye shall not eate of them that chewe cud & of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe only, the Camel, the Hare, and the Conie: for they chewe the cud, but deuide not the hoofe: therfore they are vncleane vnto you. 8 And also the Swine, though he deuide the hoofe, yet he cheweth not cud, therefore is he vncleane vnto you: ye shall not eate of the fleshe of suche, nor touche the dead carkasse of them. 9 These ye shall eate of all that are in the waters: All that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate: 10 And whatsoeuer hath not finnes and scales, of that ye may not eate, but it is vncleane vnto you. 11 Of all cleane byrdes ye shall eate. 12 But these are they of whiche ye shall not eate: the Egle, the Goshauke, and the Ospray. 13 The Glede, the Kite, and the Uulture after their kinde. 14 And all kinde of Rauens. 15 The Estritch, the Nightcrowe, the Cockowe, and the Sparowehauke after their kinde. 16 The litle Owle, the great Owle, nor the Redshanke. 17 The Pellicane, the Swanne, nor the Cormorant. 18 The Storke, the Heron in his kinde, the Lapwing, the Backe. 19 And let euery creeping thing that fleeth, be vncleane vnto you, and not be eaten of. 20 But of all cleane foules ye may eate. 21 Ye shall eate of nothyng that dyeth alone: But thou shalt geue it vnto the straunger that is in thy citie, that he eate it, or thou mayest sell it vnto a straunger: For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.
• Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then sayde I, Oh Lorde God: beholde, my soule was yet neuer stayned, for fro my youth vp vnto this houre, I did neuer eate of a dead carkase, or of that whiche was slayne of wylde beastes, neither came there euer any vncleane fleshe in my mouth.
• Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he woulde not defile hym selfe with the portion of the kinges meate, nor with the wyne which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe chamberlayne that he might not defile him selfe.