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Leviticuschapter 11

47 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

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Leviticus 11— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 11. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 26 of 54

שְׁמִינִי Shmini, Leviticus 9:1 to 11:47

Read with it: 2 Samuel 6:1 to 7:17 in Ashkenazi use, and 2 Samuel 6:1 to 6:19 in Sephardi use.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Leviticus 11:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְשֶׁ֖קֶץvesheketzand detestable thing[s]H8263יִהְי֣וּyihyuthey will beH1961לָכֶ֑םlakhemto <the> youמִבְּשָׂרָם֙mibesaramany of meat theirH1320לֹ֣אlo'notH3808תֹאכֵ֔לוּtokheluyou must eatH398וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853נִבְלָתָ֖םnivlatamcarcass theirH5038תְּשַׁקֵּֽצוּ׃teshaketzuyou will consider detestableH8262

Ramban on Leviticus 11:11

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
“This includes [in the category of forbidden food] yavchushin which have been filtered [through water]. Yavchushin are insects called mousclions. In our Rashi: moucherons. — A native of France, Rashi explained many Scriptural and Talmudic terms in the French language of his times.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Birds that are not to be eaten13

Leviticus 11:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853אֵ֙לֶּה֙ʾelehtheseH428תְּשַׁקְּצ֣וּteshaketzuyou will consider detestableH8262מִן־min-fromH4480הָע֔וֹףhaofthe bird[s]H5775לֹ֥אlo'notH3808יֵאָכְל֖וּyeakheluthey will be eatenH398שֶׁ֣קֶץsheketz[are] detestable thing[s]H8263הֵ֑םhemtheyH1992אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙hanesherthe eagleH5404וְאֶת־veetand <obj.>H853הַפֶּ֔רֶסhaperesthe bearded vultureH6538וְאֵ֖תveetand <obj.>H853הָעָזְנִיָּֽה׃haazeniyahthe ospreyH5822

Ramban on Leviticus 11:13

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Of all fowls [existent], only those mentioned expressly in this section and their species — such as those concerning which it says, after his kind, 208 Verse. or after her kind. Verse.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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