Hebrew Interlinear

Leviticus 11:29 Interlinear

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth the weasel and the mouse and the tortoise after his kind

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְזֶ֤הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
2לָכֶם֙H0
3הַטָּמֵ֔אH2931These also shall be uncleanfoul in a religious sense
4בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץH8318unto you among the creepinga swarm, i.e., active mass of minute animals
5הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץH8317things that creepto wriggle, i.e., (by implication) swarm or abound
6עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7הָאָ֑רֶץH776upon the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
8הַחֹ֥לֶדH2467the weasela weasel (from its gliding motion)
9וְהָֽעַכְבָּ֖רH5909and the mousea mouse (as nibbling)
10וְהַצָּ֥בH6632and the tortoisea species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)
11לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃H4327after his kinda sort, i.e., species

Verse Context

Leviticus 11:28And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean...
Leviticus 11:29 (current) These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth the weasel and the mouse and the tortoise after his kind
Leviticus 11:30And the ferret and the chameleon and the lizard and the snail and the mole...

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