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Leviticus 11:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Whatever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts—that shall ye eat.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among beasts, that, may ye eat.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe, and is clouen footed, and cheweth the cudde, among the beastes, that shall ye eate.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Whatsoever parteth the hoofe, and is clouen footed, & cheweth cud among the beasts, that shall ye eate.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud among the beasts, that you may eat.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Whatsoever x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
parteth 6536
{6536} Prime
פָּרַס
parac
{paw-ras'}
A primitive root; to break in pieces, that is, (usually without violence) to split, distribute.
z8688
<8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 857
the hoof, 6541
{6541} Prime
פַּרְסָה
parcah
{par-saw'}
Feminine of H6538; a claw or split hoof.
and is clovenfooted, 8156
{8156} Prime
שָׁסַע
shaca`
{shaw-sah'}
A primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively to upbraid.
8157
{8157} Prime
שֶׁסַע
sheca`
{sheh'-sah}
From H8156; a fissure.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
x6541
(6541) Complement
פַּרְסָה
parcah
{par-saw'}
Feminine of H6538; a claw or split hoof.
[and] cheweth 5927
{5927} Prime
עָלָה
`alah
{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or active (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8688
<8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 857
the cud, 1625
{1625} Prime
גֵּרָה
gerah
{gay-raw'}
From H1641; the cud (as scraping the throat).
among the beasts, 929
{0929} Prime
בְּהֵמָה
b@hemah
{be-hay-maw'}
From an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collectively).
that shall ye eat. 398
{0398} Prime
אָכַל
'akal
{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Leviticus 11:3-7

_ _ Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud — Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of vegetables, is said to be particularly remarkable in cows and goats, whose mouths are often sore, and sometimes bleed, in consequence. Their flesh is therefore in a better state for food, as it contains more of the nutritious juices, is more easily digested in the human stomach, and is consequently more easily assimilated. Animals which do not chew the cud, convert their food less perfectly; their flesh is therefore unwholesome, from the gross animal juices with which they abound, and is apt to produce scorbutic and scrofulous disorders. But the animals that may be eaten are those which “part the hoof as well as chew the cud,” and this is another means of freeing the flesh of the animal from noxious substances. “In the case of animals with parted hoofs, when feeding in unfavorable situations a prodigious amount of fetid matter is discharged, and passes off between the toes; while animals with undivided hoofs, feeding on the same ground, become severely affected in the legs, from the poisonous plants among the pasture” [Whitlaw, Code of Health]. All experience attests this, and accordingly the use of ruminating animals (that is, those which both chew the cud and part the hoof) has always obtained in most countries though it was observed most carefully by the people who were favored with the promulgation of God’s law.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Leviticus 11:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 11:3

Cloven — footed — That is, divided into two parts only: This clause is added to explain and limit the former, as appears from Leviticus 11:26, for the feet of dogs, cats &c. are parted or cloven into many parts. And cheweth the cud — Heb. and bringeth up the cud, that is, the meat once chewed, out of the stomach in the mouth again, that it may be chewed a second time for better concoction. And this branch is to be joined with the former, both properties being necessary for the allowed beasts. But the reason hereof must be resolved into the will of the law — giver; though interpreters guess that God would hereby signify their duties, by the first, that of discerning between good and evil; and by the latter, that duty of recalling God's word to our minds and meditating upon it.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Leviticus 11:3

Whatsoever parteth the (b) hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

(b) He notes four types of beasts, some that chew the cud only, and some that only have the hoof cleft. Others neither chew the cud, nor have the hoof cleft, and the fourth both chew the cud and have the hoof divided, which may be eaten.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
parteth:

Psalms 1:1 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,

cheweth:

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: ... And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy 16:3-8 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. ... Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work [therein].
Psalms 1:2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Proverbs 2:1-2 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; ... So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 6:6; 16:3. Ps 1:1, 2. Pv 2:1, 10; 9:6. Ac 17:11. 2Co 6:17. 1Ti 4:15.

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