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Leviticus 11:21
“Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַךְʼak · ak
H389 · Hebrew
H389 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- Derivation
- akin to H403 (אָכֵן);
- KJV renderings
- also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
- Grammar
- אַ֤ךְ — particle (affirmation)
- Usage
- Occurs 161 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:23Genesis 9:4Genesis 9:5Genesis 18:32Genesis 20:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.