Deuteronomy 14:7
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַךְ
ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
שָׁסַע
shâçaʻ
to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid
שָׁפָן
shâphân
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁפָן shâphân
a species of rockrabbit (from its hiding), i.e. probably the hyrax
Study H8227 →עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →Cross References
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
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