The Meaning of Deuteronomy 14:3 Explained

Deuteronomy 14:3

KJV: Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

YLT: 'Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

Darby: Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

ASV: Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt not eat  any abominable thing. 

What does Deuteronomy 14:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 14

1  God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning
3  What may and may not be eaten
4  of animals
9  of fishes
11  of fowls
21  That which dies of itself may not be eaten
22  Tithes of Divine Service
23  Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord
28  The third year's tithe of alms and charity

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 14:3 mean?

Not You shall eat any detestable thing
לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל כָּל־ תּוֹעֵבָֽה

תֹאכַ֖ל  You  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
כָּל־  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
תּוֹעֵבָֽה  detestable  thing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.