The Meaning of Leviticus 11:11 Explained

Leviticus 11:11

KJV: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

YLT: yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate.

Darby: They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.

ASV: and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They shall be even an abomination  unto you; ye shall not eat  of their flesh,  but ye shall have their carcases  in abomination. 

What does Leviticus 11:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 11:1-23 - 41-47, The Distinction Between Clean And Unclean
There were good and sufficient reasons for excluding certain animals from Israel's dietary. Devout medical men insist that this is the finest sanitary code in existence, and that many of the diseases of modern life would disappear if it were universally adopted. God made these distinctions matters of religion, that the well-being of His people might be doubly assured. These restrictions were also imposed to erect strong barriers between the chosen people and the heathen. So long as they obeyed, it was clearly impossible to participate in the heathen festivals, where many of these animals were partaken of.
We are not now bound by these enactments. Our Lord made all meats clean, Mark 7:19, r.v. Peter was bidden to kill and eat all manner of creeping things, and his protest was overborne by the assurance that God had cleansed all. See Acts 10:11-16. Religion consists not in outward rites, but in the inward temper. See Hebrews 9:10. Note that touching was forbidden, because the least contact with evil hurts the soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 11

1  What animals may be eaten
4  and what may not be eaten
9  What fishes
13  What fowls
29  The creeping things which are unclean

What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:11 mean?

and an abomination they shall be to you their flesh not you shall eat but their carcasses you shall regard as an abomination
וְשֶׁ֖קֶץ יִהְי֣וּ לָכֶ֑ם מִבְּשָׂרָם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֔לוּ וְאֶת־ נִבְלָתָ֖ם תְּשַׁקֵּֽצוּ

וְשֶׁ֖קֶץ  and  an  abomination 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶץ  
Sense: detestable thing or idol, an unclean thing, an abomination, detestation.
יִהְי֣וּ  they  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֑ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
מִבְּשָׂרָם֙  their  flesh 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
תֹאכֵ֔לוּ  you  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
נִבְלָתָ֖ם  their  carcasses 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְבֵלָה  
Sense: carcass, corpse.
תְּשַׁקֵּֽצוּ  you  shall  regard  as  an  abomination 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁקַץ  
Sense: (Piel) to detest, make abominable, count filthy, make detestable.

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