Leviticus 11:4:11Lev.11.4.W11TAB
גֵרָ֜ה
gerah
“the cud”
- Transliteration
- ge-RAH
- Extended
- geh-RAA
- IPA
- /ɡeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cud
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ge-RAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ma-a-LE ge-RAH
- clause
et-ha-ga-MAL ki-ma-a-LE ge-RAH HU u-par-SA ei-ne-NU maf-RIS ta-MEH HU la-KHEM
- sentence
AKH et-ZEH LO to-akh-LU mi-ma-a-LEI ha-ge-RAH u-mi-maf-ri-SEI ha-par-SA et-ha-ga-MAL ki-ma-a-LE ge-RAH HU u-par-SA ei-ne-NU maf-RIS ta-MEH HU la-KHEM
Exegesis
The following clause introduces et-ha-gamal {אֶת־הַגָּמָל | ʾet-ha-gā-māl} ‘the camel’ with ki-maaleh gērāh hûʾ {כִּי־מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה ה֗וּא | kî-maʿă-lê(h) gē-rā(h) hûʾ} ‘because it chews the cud’ and contrasts u-parsah enenu mafris {וּפַרְסָה אֵינֶנּוּ מַפְרִיס | ū-p̄ar-sā(h) ʾê-n(e)-nû maf-rîs} ‘but its hoof is not a splitter’.
Root and etymology
g-r-hgimel–resh–heh
“chewed food”
In context — Leviticus 11:4
But of these you shall not eat those that chew the cud or those that split the hoof. The camel, because it chews the cud but its hoof is not split, is unclean for you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 11:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 11:4, so the Hebrew word גֵרָ֜ה (gerah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.11.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.4.W11.S1) and character.