The Meaning of Deuteronomy 14:4 Explained

Deuteronomy 14:4

KJV: These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

YLT: this is the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,

Darby: These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

ASV: These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [are] the beasts  which ye shall eat:  the ox,  the sheep,  and the goat, 

What does Deuteronomy 14:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 14

1  God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning
3  What may and may not be eaten
4  of animals
9  of fishes
11  of fowls
21  That which dies of itself may not be eaten
22  Tithes of Divine Service
23  Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord
28  The third year's tithe of alms and charity

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 14:4 mean?

This [is] the animal which you may eat the ox a sheep of the flock and the goat
זֹ֥את הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ שׁ֕וֹר שֵׂ֥ה כְשָׂבִ֖ים וְשֵׂ֥ה עִזִּֽים

זֹ֥את  This  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה  the  animal 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ  you  may  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
שׁ֕וֹר  the  ox 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.
שֵׂ֥ה  a  sheep 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׂה  
Sense: one of a flock, lamb, sheep, goat, young sheep, young goat.
כְשָׂבִ֖ים  of  the  flock 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֶּשֶׂב  
Sense: lamb, young ram, sheep.
עִזִּֽים  the  goat 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֵז  
Sense: female goat, she-goat, goat, kid.

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