The Meaning of Leviticus 11:5 Explained

Leviticus 11:5

KJV: And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

YLT: and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it is to you;

Darby: and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs it shall be unclean unto you;

ASV: And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 11:5?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 11:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:5 mean?

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What is the context of Leviticus 11:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.

What does Leviticus 11:5 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 11:5 mean?

And the rock hyrax because chews the cud it but hooves not does have cloven unclean is to you

וְאֶת־ הַשָּׁפָ֗ן כִּֽי־ מַעֲלֵ֤ה גֵרָה֙ ה֔וּא וּפַרְסָ֖ה לֹ֣א יַפְרִ֑יס טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם

הַשָּׁפָ֗ן	the rock hyrax
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁפָן Sense: rock badger, coney, the hyrax.
כִּֽי־	because
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מַעֲלֵ֤ה	chews
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
גֵרָה֙	the cud
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: גֵּרָה Sense: cud.
וּפַרְסָ֖ה	but hooves
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular Root: פַּרְסָה Sense: hoof.
יַפְרִ֑יס	does have cloven
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: פָּרַס Sense: to divide, break in two.
טָמֵ֥א	unclean
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: טָמֵא Sense: unclean, impure.
לָכֶֽם	to you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural

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