LEVITICUS 11:12

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Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

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Leviticus 11:12 Translation & Meaning

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Whatsoever כֹּ֣ל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) Whatsoever
hath no אֵֽין A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle no
fins סְנַפִּ֥יר A fin (collectively) fins
nor scales וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת A scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal) scales
in the waters, בַּמָּ֑יִם Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen waters
that ה֖וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are that
shall be (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
an abomination שֶׁ֥קֶץ Filth, i.e., (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object abomination
unto you. שֶׁ֥קֶץ Filth, i.e., (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object unto you

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  • 10  And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

  • 11  They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

  • 12  Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

  • 13  And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

  • 14  And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;




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