Leviticus Chapter 11 verse 42 Holy Bible
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.
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Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth -- these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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Whatever goeth upon the belly, and whatever goeth upon all four, or whatever hath more feet among all creeping animals that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth -- ye do not eat them, for they `are' an abomination;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(42) Whatsoever goeth upon the belly.--In explanation of the general statement made in the preceding verse, three classes of creeping things are here adduced. (1) Those which move by the aid of the under part of the stomach, here described as "going upon the belly," as serpents (see Genesis 3:14) and serpentine worms.And whatsoever goeth upon all four.--Those (2) which have four legs and yet move like reptiles, as scorpions, beetles, &c.Or whatsoever hath more feet.--Better, whatsoever hath many feet, that is (3), those which have a number of such short feet that they cannot easily be discerned by the naked eye, and appear to crawl about upon their stomachs, as caterpillars, centipedes, millipedes, &c.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewDo notלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noeatתֹאכְל֖וּם (ṯō·ḵə·lūm)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person masculine pluralStrong's 398: To eatanyכֹּל֩ (kōl)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everycreatureהַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ (haš·še·reṣ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 8318: A swarm, active mass of minute animalsthat movesהַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ (haš·šō·rêṣ)Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 8317: To wriggle, swarm, aboundalongעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstthe ground,הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landwhetherוְכֹ֣ל ׀ (wə·ḵōl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyit crawlsהוֹלֵ֨ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkonעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstits bellyגָּח֜וֹן (gā·ḥō·wn)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1512: The external abdomen, bellyor walksהוֹלֵ֣ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkonעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstfourאַרְבַּ֗ע (’ar·ba‘)Number - feminine singularStrong's 702: Fourorעַ֚ד (‘aḏ)PrepositionStrong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, whilemoreמַרְבֵּ֣ה (mar·bêh)Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular constructStrong's 7235: To be or become much, many or greatfeet;רַגְלַ֔יִם (raḡ·la·yim)Noun - fdStrong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudendaforכִּי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionsuch [creatures]הֵֽם׃ (hêm)Pronoun - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1992: Theyare detestable.שֶׁ֥קֶץ (še·qeṣ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 8263: Detestation, detestable thingJump to PreviousAbomination Belly Crawls Creature Creep Creeping Detestable Earth Eat Feet Four Fours Goes Ground Moves Swarm Swarming Walks Whatever Whatsoever Whether
