Leviticus 11:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ הַטָּמֵ֔א בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הַחֹ֥לֶד וְהָעַכְבָּ֖ר וְהַצָּ֥ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

And this to you the ṭāmēʾ among the šereṣ haššōrēṣ upon the ʾāreṣ: the ḥōled and the ʿaḵbār and the ṣāb to its mîn.

Grammar Details

• *wəzeh*: conjunction + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular, 'and this'
• *lāḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix, 'to/for you'
• *haṭṭāmēʾ*: definite article + adjective masculine singular, 'the unclean'
• *baššereṣ*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun, 'among the swarming thing'
• *haššōrēṣ*: definite article + qal participle masculine singular, 'the swarming/teaming'
• *ʿal-hāʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun, 'upon the earth/ground'
• *haḥōled*: definite article + masculine singular noun, 'the mole/weasel'
• *wəhāʿaḵbār*: conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun, 'and the mouse'
• *wəhaṣṣāb*: conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun, 'and the lizard/tortoise'
• *ləmînēhû*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'according to its kind'

Word Meanings

• *ṭāmēʾ*: unclean, impure, defiled
• *šereṣ*: swarming thing, creeping thing, small moving creature
• *šōrēṣ*: swarming, teaming, moving in large numbers
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth, ground, land
• *ḥōled*: mole, weasel, rat (uncertain identification)
• *ʿaḵbār*: mouse, rat
• *ṣāb*: lizard, tortoise (uncertain identification)
• *mîn*: kind, species, category

Referenced Verses

• Lev 11:41-42 : 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
• Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
• Ps 17:13-14 : 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
• Isa 66:17 : 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
• Hag 2:6 : 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
• Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
• John 6:26 : 26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
• John 6:66 : 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• Eph 4:14 : 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• Col 3:5 : 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• 2 Tim 3:2-5 : 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
• Lev 11:20-21 : 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;