Leviticus 11 · Verse 6

Leviticus 11:6

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

Leviticus 11:6, King James Version

Leviticus 11:6 in other translations

BSB	The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
WEB	The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
ASV	And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.
YLT	and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided--unclean it is to you;
DARBY	and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;
BBE	And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.
Webster	And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he is unclean to you.

What does Leviticus 11:6 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 6 The hare - ארנבת arnebeth, as Bochart and others suppose, from ארה arah, to crop, and ניב nib, the produce of the ground, these animals being remarkable for destroying the fruits of the earth. That they are notorious for destroying the tender blade of the young corn, is well known. It is very likely that different species of these animals are included under the general terms שפן shaphan, and ארנבת arnebeth, for some travelers have observed that there are four or five sorts of these animals, which are used for food in the present day in those countries. See Harmer, vol. iii., p. 331, edit. 1808. Some think the mountain rat, marmot, squirrel, and hedgehog, may be intended under the word shaphan.

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Leviticus 11:6 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

הָאַרְנֶ֗בֶתha.'ar.Ne.vetthe hareH768

כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588

מַעֲלַ֤תma.'a.Lat[is] bringing upH5927

גֵּרָה֙ge.Rah<of> cudH1625

הִ֔ואhi'itH1931

וּפַרְסָ֖הu.far.Sahand a hoofH6541

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

הִפְרִ֑יסָהhif.Ri.sahit divides in twoH6536

טְמֵאָ֥הte.me.'Ah[is] uncleanH2931

הִ֖ואhi'itH1931

לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemto <the> you

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

Cross references for Leviticus 11:6

Deuteronomy 14:7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

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the hare.
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Context

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.
Leviticus 11:7
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

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Leviticus 11:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Asimismo la liebre, porque rumia, mas no tiene pezuña, tendréisla por inmunda;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et le lièvre, car il rumine, mais il n’a pas l’ongle fendu; il vous est impur:
German Elberfelder 1871	und den Hasen, denn er wiederkäut, aber er hat keine gespaltenen Hufe: unrein soll er euch sein;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Lepus quoque: nam et ipse ruminat, sed ungulam non dividit.