Leviticus 11:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them you shall eat.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־זֶה֙ תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמָּ֑יִם כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֩ סְנַפִּ֨יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּיַּמִּ֛ים וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים אֹתָ֥ם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ

Transliteration

This tōʾḵəlū from-all which in-the-mayim all which-has sənapîr and-qaśqeśet in-the-mayim in-the-yammîm and-in-the-nəḥālîm them tōʾḵēlū

Grammar Details

• *ʾet-zeh*: direct object marker + masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
• *tōʾḵəlū*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you may eat
• *mi-kōl*: preposition + noun, construct state - from all of
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ba-māyim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the waters
• *kōl*: noun, construct state - all of
• *ʾăšer-lō*: relative pronoun + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - which has
• *sənapîr*: masculine singular noun - fin
• *wə-qaśqeśet*: waw conjunction + feminine singular noun - and scale
• *ba-mayim*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the waters
• *ba-yammîm*: preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the seas
• *ū-ḇa-nəḥālîm*: waw conjunction + preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - and in the streams/rivers
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *tōʾḵēlū*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you may eat

Word Meanings

• *mayim*: waters/water
• *sənapîr*: fin
• *qaśqeśet*: scale
• *yammîm*: seas/oceans
• *nəḥālîm*: streams/rivers/wadis

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that have fins and scales, whether in the seas or the rivers.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scas in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters: what soeuer hath finnes and skales in the waters, sees and ryuers, that shall ye eate.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters: What so euer hath fynnes and scales in the waters, sees & ryuers, that shal ye eate.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `This ye do eat of all which `are' in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Clean and Unclean Water Creatures“‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 14:9-9 : 9 These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales you shall eat. 10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Jas 2:18 : 18 Yes, someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
• 1 John 5:2-5 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. 5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?