Leviticus 11:46

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֣את תּוֹרַ֤ת הַבְּהֵמָה֙ וְהָע֔וֹף וְכֹל֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּ֔ה הָרֹמֶ֖שֶׂת בַּמָּ֑יִם וּלְכָל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ הַשֹּׁרֶ֥צֶת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

zōʾt tôrat the-bəhēmāh wə-hā'ôp wə-kōl nepeš the-ḥayyāh the-rōmeśet in-the-māyim û-lə-kol-nepeš the-šōreṣet upon-the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this
*tôrat*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - law/instruction of
*bəhēmāh*: noun, feminine, singular - beast/cattle/animal
*wə-hā'ôp*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - and-the-bird/fowl
*wə-kōl*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular, construct - and-all/every
*nepeš*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - soul/being of
*ḥayyāh*: adjective, feminine, singular - living
*rōmeśet*: participle, Qal, feminine, singular - creeping/moving
*māyim*: noun, masculine, plural - waters
*û-lə-kol*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - and-for-all/every
*šōreṣet*: participle, Qal, feminine, singular - swarming/creeping
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - earth/ground/land

Word Meanings

*tôrat*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
*bəhēmāh*: beast/cattle/animal/livestock
*hā'ôp*: bird/fowl/flying creatures
*nepeš*: soul/being/creature/life
*ḥayyāh*: living/alive/life
*rōmeśet*: creeping/moving/crawling
*māyim*: waters/water
*šōreṣet*: swarming/creeping/teaming
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/ground/land/soil

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 7:37 : 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
Lev 14:54 : 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
Lev 15:32 : 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

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Lev 11:47
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
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Lev 11:39-45
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39And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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Lev 20:25
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