The Meaning of Leviticus 11:43 Explained

Leviticus 11:43

KJV: Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

YLT: 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.

Darby: Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

ASV: Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye shall not make  yourselves  abominable  with any creeping thing  that creepeth,  neither shall ye make yourselves unclean  with them, that ye should be defiled  thereby. 

What does Leviticus 11:43 Mean?

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 11:43 mean?

Not You shall make abominable - yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them and lest you be defiled by them
אַל־ תְּשַׁקְּצוּ֙ אֶת־ נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־ הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֑ץ וְלֹ֤א תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖ם בָּֽם

תְּשַׁקְּצוּ֙  You  shall  make  abominable 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁקַץ  
Sense: (Piel) to detest, make abominable, count filthy, make detestable.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם  yourselves 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
בְּכָל־  with  any 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ  creeping  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁרֶץ  
Sense: teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers.
הַשֹּׁרֵ֑ץ  that  creeps 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁרַץ  
Sense: (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply.
וְלֹ֤א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙  shall  you  make  yourselves  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
בָּהֶ֔ם  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖ם  and  lest  you  be  defiled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: טָמָה 
Sense: (Niphal) to be stopped up.
בָּֽם  by  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural

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