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Deuteronomy 14:6

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).בְּהֵמָ֞הbehemahbeastבְּהֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “beast”, the ordinary formH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.מַפְרֶ֣סֶתmafresetdealפָּרַסverb, hiphil, participle, construct — “deal”, a verb used as a describing wordH6536to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distributedeal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.פַּרְסָ֗הparsahclawפַּרְסָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “claw”, the ordinary formH6541a claw or split hoofclaw, (cloven-) footed, hoof.וְשֹׁסַ֤עַתveshosaatand cleaveשָׁסַעconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and cleave”, a verb used as a describing wordH8156to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraidcleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.שֶׁ֨סַע֙shesacleftשֶׁסַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cleft”, the ordinary formH8157a fissurecleft, clovenfooted.שְׁתֵּ֣יshetetwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, construct — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.פְרָס֔וֹתferasotclawפַּרְסָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “claw”, the ordinary formH6541a claw or split hoofclaw, (cloven-) footed, hoof.מַעֲלַ֥תmaalatascend upעָלָהverb, hiphil, participle, construct — “ascend up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…גֵּרָ֖הgerahcudגֵּרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cud”, the ordinary formH1625the cud (as scraping the throat)cud.בַּבְּהֵמָ֑הbabhemahin beastבְּהֵמָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in beast”, the ordinary formH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.אֹתָ֖הּotahobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).תֹּאכֵֽלוּtokhelveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof wholly cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye may eat.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

Young’s Literal Translation

and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts — it ye do eat.

World English Bible

Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

Darby Translation

And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, [and] which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

Douay-Rheims

Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof wholly cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye may eat.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πᾶν κτῆνος διχηλοῦν ὁπλὴν, καὶ ὀνυχιστῆρας ὀνυχίζον δύο χηλῶν, καὶ ἀνάγον μηρυκισμὸν ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσι, ταῦτα φάγεσθε.