Leviticus 11:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Theseזֶה֙
(zeh)
2088: this, herea prim. pronoun
you may eat,תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ
(to·che·lu,)
398: to eata prim. root
whateverמִכֹּ֖ל
(mik·kol)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
is in the water:בַּמָּ֑יִם
(bam·ma·yim;)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
allכֹּ֣ל
(kol)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
that have finsסְנַפִּ֨יר
(se·nap·pir)
5579: a finof uncertain derivation
and scales,וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת
(ve·kas·ke·set)
7193: scale (of fish)from an unused word
those in the water,בַּמַּ֗יִם
(bam·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
in the seasבַּיַּמִּ֛ים
(bai·yam·mim)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
or in the rivers,וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים
(u·van·ne·cha·lim)
5158a: torrent, torrent-valley, wadiof uncertain derivation
you may eat.תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
(to·che·lu.)
398: to eata prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
These shall ye eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
of all that are in the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
whatsoever hath fins
cnappiyr  (sen-ap-peer')
a fin (collectively) -- fins.
and scales
qasqeseth  (kas-keh'-seth)
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal) -- mail, scale.
in the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
in the seas
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
and in the rivers
nachal  (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
them shall ye eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

International Standard Version
"You may eat anything that lives in the water—that is, you may eat anything that has fins and scales either from the seas or from the rivers.

NET Bible
"'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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water which you may eat-anything in the seas and streams that has fins and scales.

King James 2000 Bible
These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat.
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