The Meaning of Leviticus 11:12 Explained

Leviticus 11:12

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

YLT: Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters -- an abomination it is to you.

Darby: Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you.

ASV: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 11:12?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 11:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:12 mean?

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What is the context of Leviticus 11:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Leviticus 11:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 11:1-23 - 41-47, The Distinction Between Clean And Unclean

There were good and sufficient reasons for excluding certain animals from Israel's dietary. Devout medical men insist that this is the finest sanitary code in existence, and that many of the diseases of modern life would disappear if it were universally adopted. God made these distinctions matters of religion, that the well-being of His people might be doubly assured. These restrictions were also imposed to erect strong barriers between the chosen people and the heathen. So long as they obeyed, it was clearly impossible to participate in the heathen festivals, where many of these animals were partaken of.

We are not now bound by these enactments. Our Lord made all meats clean, Mark 7:19, r.v. Peter was bidden to kill and eat all manner of creeping things, and his protest was overborne by the assurance that God had cleansed all. See Acts 10:11-16. Religion consists not in outward rites, but in the inward temper. See Hebrews 9:10. Note that touching was forbidden, because the least contact with evil hurts the soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 11

¹ What animals may be eaten
⁴ and what may not be eaten
⁹ What fishes
¹³ What fowls
²⁹ The creeping things which are unclean

What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:12 mean?

Whatever whatever not - does have fins or scales in the water [shall be] an abomination that to you

כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽין־ ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם

כֹּ֣ל	Whatever
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	whatever
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
ל֛וֹ	-
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
סְנַפִּ֥יר	does have fins
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: סְנַפִּיר Sense: fin.
וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת	or scales
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular Root: קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת Sense: scale (of fish, water animals).
בַּמָּ֑יִם	in the water
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.
שֶׁ֥קֶץ	[shall be] an abomination
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שֶׁקֶץ Sense: detestable thing or idol, an unclean thing, an abomination, detestation.
ה֖וּא	that
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
לָכֶֽם	to you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural

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