Leviticus 11:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say, These are the beastes which yee shall eate, among all the beasts 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 abomination to you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, but shall abhorre their carkeis.
• Matt 15:11 : 11 That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.
• Heb 9:10 : 10 Which only stood in meates and drinkes, and diuers washings, and carnal rites, which were inioyned, vntill the time of reformation.
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Be not caried about with diuers & strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene occupied therein.
• Lev 11:4 : 4 But of them that chewe the cud, or deuide the hoofe onely, of them yee shall not eate: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, & deuideth not ye hoofe, he shall be vncleane vnto you.
• Lev 11:9 : 9 These shall ye eate, of all that are in the waters: whatsoeuer hath finnes & skales in ye waters, in the seas, or in the riuers, them shal ye eate.
• Mark 7:15-19 : 15 There is nothing without a man, that can defile him, when it entreth into him: but the things which proceede out of him, are they which defile the man. 16 If any haue eares to heare, let him heare. 17 And when hee came into an house, away from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 18 And he sayde vnto them, What? Are ye without vnderstanding also? Doe ye not knowe that whatsoeuer thing from without entreth into a man, cannot defile him, 19 Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught which is the purging of all meates?
• Acts 10:12-14 : 12 Wherein were all maner of foure footed beastes of the earth, and wilde beastes and creeping things, and foules of the heauen. 13 And there came a voyce to him, Arise, Peter: kill, and eate. 14 But Peter sayd, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane.
• Rom 14:2-3 : 2 One beleeueth that he may eate of all things: and another, which is weake, eateth herbes. 3 Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, condemne him that eateth: for God hath receiued him.
• Rom 14:14-15 : 14 I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane. 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.
• 1 Tim 4:4-6 : 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing. 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God, and prayer. 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.
• Lev 11:13 : 13 These shal ye haue also in abomination among the foules, they shal not be eaten: for they are an abomination, the egle, and the goshauke, and the osprey:
• Lev 11:21 : 21 Yet these shal ye eate: of euery foule that creepeth, and goeth vpon all foure which haue their feete and legs all of one to leape withal vpon the earth,
• Lev 11:29 : 29 Also these shalbe vncleane to you amog the things that creepe and moue vpon the earth, the weasell, and the mouse, and the frog, after his kinde:
• Lev 11:34 : 34 Al meate also that shalbe eaten, if any such water come vpon it, shalbe vncleane: & all drinke that shalbe drunke in al such vessels shalbe vncleane.
• Lev 11:39 : 39 If also any beast, whereof ye may eate, die, he that toucheth the carkeis thereof shal be vncleane vntil the euen.
• Lev 11:41-44 : 41 Euery creeping thing therefore that creepeth vpon the earth shalbe an abomination, and not be eaten. 42 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the breast, and whatsoeuer goeth vpon al foure, or that hath many feete among all creeping thinges that creepe vpon the earth, ye shal not eate of them, for they shalbe abomination. 43 Ye shall not pollute your selues with any thing that creepeth, neither make your selues vncleane with them, neither defile your selues thereby: ye shal not, I say, be defiled by them, 44 For I am the Lord your God: be sanctified therefore, and be holy, for I am holy, and defile not your selues with any creeping thing, that creepeth vpon the earth.
• Deut 14:3-9 : 3 Thou shalt eate no maner of abominatio. 4 These are the beastes, which ye shall eate, the beefe, the sheepe, and the goate, 5 The hart, and the roe buck, and the bugle, and the wilde goate, and the vnicorne, & the wilde oxe, and the chamois. 6 And euery beast that parteth ye hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and is of the beasts that cheweth the cudde, that shall ye eate. 7 But these ye shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, and of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe onely: ye camell, nor the hare, nor the cony: for they chewe the cudde, but deuide not ye hoofe: therefore they shall be vncleane vnto you: 8 Also the swine, because he deuideth the hoofe, and cheweth not the cud, shalbe vncleane vnto you: ye shal not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeises. 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 no finnes nor scales, ye shall not eate: it shall be vncleane vnto you. 11 Of all cleane birdes ye shall eate: 12 But these are they, whereof ye shall not eate: the egle, nor the goshawke, nor the osprey, 13 Nor the glead nor the kite, nor the vulture, after their kind, 14 Nor all kinde of rauens, 15 Nor the ostrich, nor the nightcrow, nor the semeaw, nor the hawke after her kinde, 16 Neither the litle owle, nor the great owle, nor the redshanke, 17 Nor the pellicane, nor the swanne, nor the cormorant: 18 The storke also, and the heron in his kinde, nor the lapwing, nor the backe. 19 And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten. 20 But of all cleane foules ye may eate. 21 Ye shall eate of nothing that dieth alone, but thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eate it: or thou maiest sell it vnto a stranger: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.
• Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then said I, Ah, Lord God, beholde, my soule hath not bene polluted: for from my youth vp, euen vnto this houre, I haue not eaten of a thing dead, or torne in pieces, neither came there any vncleane flesh in my mouth.
• Dan 1:8 : 8 But Daniel had determined in his heart, that hee woulde not defile him selfe with the portion of the Kings meate, nor with the wine which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe of the Eunuches that he might not defile himselfe.