Leviticus 11

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh ve'el-aharon lemor alehem

GOD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:

dabberu el-bene yisra'el lemor zot hakhayyah asher tokhelu mikkol-habbehemah asher al-ha'arets

Speak to the Israelite people thus: These are the creatures that you may eat from among all the land animals:

kol mafreset parsah veshosa'at shesa perasot ma'alat gerah babbehemah otah tokhelu

any animal that has true hoofs, with clefts through the hoofs, and that chews the cud—such you may eat.

akh et-zeh lo tokhelu mimma'ale haggerah umimmafrise happarsah et-haggamal ki-ma'aleh gerah hu ufarsah enennu mafris tame hu lakhem

The following, however, of those that either chew the cud or have true hoofs, you shall not eat: the camel—although it chews the cud, it has no true hoofs: it is impure for you;

ve'et-hashafan ki-ma'aleh gerah hu ufarsah lo yafris tame hu lakhem

the daman—although it chews the cud, it has no true hoofs: it is impure for you;

ve'et-ha'arnevet ki-ma'alat gerah hiv ufarsah lo hifrisah teme'ah hiv lakhem

the hare—although it chews the cud, it has no true hoofs: it is impure for you;

ve'et-hakhazir ki-mafris parsah hu veshosa shesa parsah vehu gerah lo-yiggar tame hu lakhem

and the swine—although it has true hoofs, with the hoofs cleft through, it does not chew the cud: it is impure for you.

mibbesaram lo tokhelu uvenivlatam lo tigga'u teme'im hem lakhem

You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their carcasses; they are impure for you.

et-zeh tokhelu mikkol asher bammayim kol asher-lo senappir veqasqeset bammayim bayyammim uvannekhalim otam tokhelu

These you may eat of all that live in water: anything in water, whether in the seas or in the streams, that has fins and scales—these you may eat.

vekhol asher en-lo senappir veqasqeset bayyammim uvannekhalim mikkol sherets hammayim umikkol nefesh hakhayyah asher bammayim sheqets hem lakhem

But anything in the seas or in the streams that has no fins and scales, among all the swarming things of the water and among all the other living creatures that are in the water—they are an abomination for you

vesheqets yihyu lakhem mibbesaram lo tokhelu ve'et-nivlatam teshaqqetsu

and an abomination for you they shall remain: you shall not eat of their flesh and you shall abominate their carcasses.

kol asher en-lo senappir veqasqeset bammayim sheqets hu lakhem

Everything in water that has no fins and scales shall be an abomination for you.

ve'et-elleh teshaqqetsu min-ha'of lo ye'okhlu sheqets hem et-hannesher ve'et-happeres ve'et ha'ozniyyah

The following you shall abominate among the birds—they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture;

ve'et-hadda'ah ve'et-ha'ayyah leminah

the kite, falcons of every variety;

et kol-orev lemino

all varieties of raven;

ve'et bat hayya'anah ve'et-hattakhmas ve'et-hashakhaf ve'et-hannets leminehu

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull; hawks of every variety;

ve'et-hakkos ve'et-hashalakh ve'et-hayyanshuf

the little owl, the cormorant, and the great owl;

ve'et-hattinshemet ve'et-haqqa'at ve'et-harakham

the white owl, the pelican, and the bustard;

ve'et hakhasidah ha'anafah leminah ve'et-haddukhifat ve'et-ha'atallef

the stork; herons of every variety; the hoopoe, and the bat.

kol sherets ha'of haholekh al-arba sheqets hu lakhem

All winged swarming things that walk on fours shall be an abomination for you.

akh et-zeh tokhelu mikkol sherets ha'of haholekh al-arba asher-[lo] (l) khera'ayim mimma'al leraglayw lenatter bahen al-ha'arets

But these you may eat among all the winged swarming things that walk on fours: all that have, above their feet, jointed legs to leap with on the ground—

et-elleh mehem tokhelu et-ha'arbeh lemino ve'et-hassolam leminehu ve'et-hakhargol leminehu ve'et-hekhagav leminehu

of these you may eat the following: locusts of every variety; all varieties of bald locust; crickets of every variety; and all varieties of grasshopper.

vekhol sherets ha'of asher-lo arba raglayim sheqets hu lakhem

But all other winged swarming things that have four legs shall be an abomination for you.

ule'elleh tittamma'u kol-hannogea benivlatam yitma ad-ha'arev

And the following shall make you impure—whoever touches their carcasses shall be impure until evening,

vekhol-hannose minnivlatam yekhabbes begadayw vetame ad-ha'arev

and whoever carries the carcasses of any of [these creatures] shall wash their clothes and be impure until evening—

lekhol-habbehemah asher hiv mafreset parsah veshesa enennah shosa'at vegerah enennah ma'alah teme'im hem lakhem kol-hannogea bahem yitma

every animal that has true hoofs but without clefts through the hoofs, or that does not chew the cud. They are impure for you; whoever touches them shall be impure.

vekhol holekh al-kappayw bekhol-hakhayyah haholekhet al-arba teme'im hem lakhem kol-hannogea benivlatam yitma ad-ha'arev

Also all animals that walk on paws, among those that walk on fours, are impure for you; whoever touches their carcasses shall be impure until evening.

vehannose et-nivlatam yekhabbes begadayw vetame ad-ha'arev teme'im hemmah lakhem

And anyone who carries their carcasses shall wash their clothes and remain impure until evening. They are impure for you.

vezeh lakhem hattame basherets hashorets al-ha'arets hakholed veha'akhbar vehatsav leminehu

The following shall be impure for you from among the things that swarm on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and great lizards of every variety;

veha'anaqah vehakkoakh vehalleta'ah vehakhomet vehattinshamet

the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

elleh hatteme'im lakhem bekhol-hasharets kol-hannogea bahem bemotam yitma ad-ha'arev

Those are for you the impure among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be impure until evening.

vekhol asher-yippol-alayw mehem bemotam yitma mikkol-keli-ets o veged o-or o saq kol-keli asher-ye'aseh melakhah bahem bammayim yuva vetame ad-ha'erev vetaher

And anything on which one of them falls when dead shall be impure: be it any article of wood, or a cloth, or a skin, or a sack—any such article that can be put to use shall be dipped in water, and it shall remain impure until evening; then it shall be pure.

vekhol-keli-kheres asher-yippol mehem el-tokho kol asher betokho yitma ve'oto tishboru

And if any of those falls into an earthen vessel, everything inside it shall be impure and [the vessel] itself you shall break.

mikkol-ha'okhel asher ye'akhel asher yavo alayw mayim yitma vekhol-mashqeh asher yishateh bekhol-keli yitma

As to any food that may be eaten, it shall become impure if it came in contact with water; as to any liquid that may be drunk, it shall become impure if it was inside any vessel.

vekhol asher-yippol minnivlatam alayw yitma tannur vekhirayim yuttats teme'im hem uteme'im yihyu lakhem

Everything on which the carcass of any of them falls shall be impure: an oven or stove shall be smashed. They are impure—and impure they shall remain for you.

akh mayan uvor miqveh-mayim yihyeh tahor venogea benivlatam yitma

However, a spring or cistern in which water is collected shall be pure, but whoever touches such a carcass in it shall be impure.

vekhi yippol minnivlatam al-kol-zera zerua asher yizzarea tahor hu

If such a carcass falls upon seed grain that is to be sown, it is pure;

vekhi yuttan-mayim al-zera venafal minnivlatam alayw tame hu lakhem

but if water is put on the seed and any part of a carcass falls upon it, it shall be impure for you.

vekhi yamut min-habbehemah asher-hi lakhem le'okhlah hannogea benivlatah yitma ad-ha'arev

If an animal that you may eat has died, anyone who touches its carcass shall be impure until evening;

veha'okhel minnivlatah yekhabbes begadayw vetame ad-ha'arev vehannose et-nivlatah yekhabbes begadayw vetame ad-ha'arev

anyone who eats of its carcass shall wash their clothes and remain impure until evening; and anyone who carries its carcass shall wash their clothes and remain impure until evening.

vekhol-hasherets hashorets al-ha'arets sheqets hu lo ye'akhel

All the things that swarm upon the earth are an abomination; they shall not be eaten.

kol holekh al-gakhon vekhol holekh al-arba ad kol-marbeh raglayim lekhol-hasherets hashorets al-ha'arets lo tokhelum ki-sheqets hem

You shall not eat, among all things that swarm upon the earth, anything that crawls on its belly, or anything that walks on fours, or anything that has many legs; for they are an abomination.

al-teshaqqetsu et-nafshotekhem bekhol-hasherets hashorets velo tittamme'u bahem venitmetem bam

You shall not draw abomination upon yourselves through anything that swarms; you shall not make yourselves impure therewith and thus become impure.

ki ani Adonai elohekhem vehitqaddishtem vihyitem qedoshim ki qadosh ani velo tetamme'u et-nafshotekhem bekhol-hasherets haromes al-ha'arets

For I the ETERNAL am your God: you shall sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not make yourselves impure through any swarming thing that moves upon the earth.

ki ani Adonai hamma'aleh etkhem me'erets mitsrayim lihyot lakhem lelohim vihyitem qedoshim ki qadosh ani

For I the ETERNAL am the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God: you shall be holy, for I am holy.

zot torat habbehemah veha'of vekhol nefesh hakhayyah haromeset bammayim ulekhol-nefesh hashoretset al-ha'arets

These are the instructions concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in water, and all creatures that swarm on earth,

lehavdil ben hattame uven hattahor uven hakhayyah hanne'ekhelet uven hakhayyah asher lo te'akhel

for distinguishing between the impure and the pure, between the living things that may be eaten and the living things that may not be eaten.