Genesis 9:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוּא־חַ֔י לָכֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָ֑ה כְּיֶ֣רֶק עֵ֔שֶׂב נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־כֹּֽל׃

Transliteration

Kol-remeś which hûʾ-ḥay to-you yihyeh for-ʾoklāh like-yereq ʿēśeb nātattî to-you ʾet-kōl.

Grammar Details

• *kol*: construct state - all of/every
• *remeś*: noun, masculine, singular - moving thing/creeping thing
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - it
• *ḥay*: adjective, masculine, singular - living
• *yihyeh*: imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - it will be
• *ʾoklāh*: noun, feminine, singular - food
• *yereq*: noun, masculine, singular, construct state - green thing/greenery of
• *ʿēśeb*: noun, masculine, singular - plant/herb/vegetation
• *nātattî*: perfect, 1st singular - I have given
• *kōl*: noun, masculine, singular - all/everything

Word Meanings

• *remeś*: moving thing/creeping thing/crawling animal
• *ḥay*: alive/living/having life
• *ʾoklāh*: food/eating/something to eat
• *yereq*: green plant/greenery/green thing
• *ʿēśeb*: herb/vegetation/plant
• *nātattî*: I gave/I have given/I granted

Referenced Verses

• Rom 14:14 : 14 I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing `is' unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean -- to that one `it is' unclean;
• Deut 12:15 : 15 `Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.
• Deut 14:3-9 : 3 `Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; 4 `this `is' the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats, 5 hart, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and pygarg, and wild ox, and chamois; 6 and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts -- it ye do eat. 7 `Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they `are' to you; 8 and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not `bringing' up the cud, unclean it `is' to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come. 9 `This ye do eat of all that `are' in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat; 10 and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it `is' to you. 11 `Any clean bird ye do eat; 12 and these `are' they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind, 14 and every raven after its kind; 15 and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind; 16 the `little' owl, and the `great' owl, and the swan, 17 and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, 18 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat; 19 and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it `is' to you; they are not eaten; 20 any clean fowl ye do eat. 21 `Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who `is' within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell `it' to a stranger; for a holy people thou `art' to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
• Ps 104:14-15 : 14 Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth, 15 And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth.
• Acts 10:12-15 : 12 in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven, 13 and there came a voice unto him: `Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.' 14 And Peter said, `Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;' 15 and `there is' a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'
• Rom 14:3 : 3 let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.
• Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which `is' upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which `is' the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which `is' breath of life, every green herb `is' for food:' and it is so.
• Lev 11:1-9 : 1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them, 2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This `is' the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which `are' on the earth: 3 any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat. 4 `Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it `is' unclean to you; 5 and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it `is' to you; 6 and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it `is' to you; 7 and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up -- unclean it `is' to you. 8 `Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come -- unclean they `are' to you. 9 `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; 10 and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which `is' in the waters -- an abomination they `are' to you; 11 yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate. 12 `Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters -- an abomination it `is' to you. 13 `And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they `are': the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 and the vulture, and the kite after its kind, 15 every raven after its kind, 16 and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind, 17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 `Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four -- an abomination it `is' to you. 21 `Only -- this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth; 22 these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind; 23 and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet -- an abomination it `is' to you. 24 `And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening; 25 and anyone who is lifting up `aught' of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: -- 26 even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up -- unclean they `are' to you; any one who is coming against them is unclean. 27 `And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four -- unclean they `are' to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening; 28 and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening -- unclean they `are' to you. 29 `And this `is' to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind, 30 and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole; 31 these `are' the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening. 32 `And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean; 33 and any earthen vessel, into the midst of which `any' one of them falleth, all that `is' in its midst is unclean, and it ye do break. 34 `Of all the food which is eaten, that on which cometh `such' water, is unclean, and all drink which is drunk in any `such' vessel is unclean; 35 and anything on which `any' of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they `are', yea, unclean they are to you. 36 `Only -- a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcase is unclean; 37 and when `any' of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown -- it `is' clean; 38 and when water is put on the seed, and `any' of its carcase hath fallen on it -- unclean it `is' to you. 39 `And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening; 40 and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening. 41 `And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten; 42 any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth -- ye do not eat them, for they `are' an abomination; 43 ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby. 44 `For I `am' Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth; 45 for I `am' Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I `am' holy. 46 `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, 47 to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'
• Lev 22:8 : 8 a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I `am' Jehovah.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
• Rom 14:20 : 20 for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, `are' pure, but evil `is' to the man who is eating through stumbling.
• 1 Cor 10:23 : 23 All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;
• 1 Cor 10:25-26 : 25 Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience, 26 for the Lord's `is' the earth, and its fulness;
• 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;
• Col 2:16 : 16 Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,
• Col 2:21-22 : 21 -- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle -- 22 which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,
• 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth, 4 because every creature of God `is' good, and nothing `is' to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received, 5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.