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Leviticus 11:29

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,

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וְזֶ֤הvezehand the one...the otherזֶהconjunction, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “and the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…לָכֶם֙lakhemtoלָכֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toהַטָּמֵ֔אhatamethe defiledטָמֵאdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “the defiled”, the ordinary formH2931foul in a religious sensedefiled, [phrase] infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץbasheretsin creepשֶׁרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in creep”, the ordinary formH8318a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animalscreep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץhashoretsthe breed abundantlyשָׁרַץdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the breed abundantly”, a verb used as a describing wordH8317to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or aboundbreed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הַחֹ֥לֶדhacholedthe weaselחֹלֶדdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the weasel”, the ordinary formH2467a weasel (from its gliding motion)weasel.וְהָעַכְבָּ֖רvehaakhbarand the mouseעַכְבָּרconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the mouse”, the ordinary formH5909a mouse (as nibbling)mouse.וְהַצָּ֥בvehatsavand the coveredצָבconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and the covered”, the ordinary formH6632a palanquin or canopy (as a fixture); also a species of lizard (probably as clinging fast)covered, litter, tortoise.לְמִינֵֽהוּleminehvto kind. Compare H4480מִיןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to kind. Compare H4480”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4327a sort, i.e. specieskind. Compare H4480 (מִן).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

Young’s Literal Translation

'And this [is] to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

World English Bible

“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

Darby Translation

And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;

Douay-Rheims

These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And these are unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἀκάθαρτα ἀπὸ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἡ γαλὴ, καὶ ὁ μῦς, καὶ ὁ κροκόδειλος ὁ χερσαῖος,