Leviticus 11:46

KJV1611 – Modern English

This is the law of the animals, and of the birds, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  These are the laws regarding animals, birds, every living creature that moves in the water, and every creature that moves along the ground.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

• 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:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  This is the lawe of beest and foule and off all maner thinge that lyueth ad moueth in the water ad of all thinges that crepe apo the erth

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This is the lawe ouer ye beestes and foules, & all maner of soules of crepynge beestes in the waters, and all maner of soules yt crepe vpon earth:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  This is the law of beasts, and of foules, and of euery liuing thing that moueth in the waters, and of euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  This is the lawe of beastes & foules, and of euery lyuyng creature that moueth in the waters, and of euery creature that creepeth vpon the earth,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `This `is' a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,

Referenced Verses

• Lev 7:37 : 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the grain 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 scale,
• Lev 15:32 : 32 This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled by it;
• Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain, its entire area all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.