Leviticus 11 · Verse 5

Leviticus 11:5

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:5, King James Version

Leviticus 11:5 in other translations

BSB	The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
WEB	The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
ASV	And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
YLT	and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not--unclean it is to you;
DARBY	and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;
BBE	And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.
Webster	And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean to you.

What does Leviticus 11:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 11:3-7

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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 The coney - שפן shaphan, not the rabbit, but rather a creature nearly resembling it, which abounds in Judea, Palestine, and Arabia, and is called by Dr. Shaw daman Israel, and by Mr. Bruce ashkoko. As this creature nearly resembles the rabbit, with which Spain anciently abounded, Bochart supposes that the Phoenicians might have given it the name of שפניה spaniah, from the multitude of שפנים shephanim (or spanim, as others pronounce it) which were found there. Hence the emblem of Spain is a woman sitting with a rabbit at her feet. See a coin of Hadrian in Scheuchzer.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 11:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853

הַשָּׁפָ֗ןha.sha.Fanthe rock badgerH8227

כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588

מַעֲלֵ֤הma.'a.Leh[is] bringing upH5927

גֵרָה֙ge.Rah<of> cudH1625

ה֔וּאHu'itH1931

וּפַרְסָ֖הu.far.Sahand a hoofH6541

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

יַפְרִ֑יסyaf.Risit divides in twoH6536

טָמֵ֥אta.Me'[is] uncleanH2931

ה֖וּאhu'itH1931

לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemto <the> you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 11:5

Psalms 104:18
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Proverbs 30:26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Matthew 7:26
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:
Romans 2:18-24
And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? …
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Job 36:14
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Philippians 3:18-19
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the coney.{Shaphan,} most probably an animal resembling the rabbit, called by Dr. Shaw, {daman} (probably for {ganam}) Israel, "Israel's lamb," and by Bruce, {ashkoko,} which name he imagines is "derived from the singularity of these long herenacious hairs, which, like small thorns, grow about his back, and which an Amhara are called {ashok.}" This curious animal abounds in Judea, Palestine, Arabia, and Ethiopia; and is described as being about seventeen inches when sitting. It has no tail; and at first sight gives the idea of a rat. Its colour is grey, mixed with reddish brown; the belly white, the body covered with strong polished hairs, for the most part about two inches in length; the ears round, and not pointed; the feet round, of a soft, pulpy, tender substance; the toes projecting beyond the nails, which are rather broad than sharp; the upper jaw is longer than the other; it lives upon grain, fruit, and roots, and certainly chews the cud; and it does not burrow like the hare and rabbit, but lives in clefts of the rocks.
Ps 104:18; Pr 30:26
but divideth.
Job 36:14; Mt 7:26; Ro 2:18-24; Php 3:18,19; 2Ti 3:5; Tit 1:16

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Context

Leviticus 11:4
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:5
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:6
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

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Leviticus 11:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	También el conejo, porque rumia, mas no tiene pezuña, tendréislo por inmundo;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et le daman, car il rumine, mais il n’a pas l’ongle fendu; il vous est impur:
German Elberfelder 1871	und den Klippendachs, denn er wiederkäut, aber er hat keine gespaltenen Hufe: unrein soll er euch sein;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Chœrogryllus qui ruminat, ungulamque non dividit, immundus est.