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Leviticus 11:8
“Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בָּשָׂרbâsâr · baw-sawr'
H1320 · Hebrew
H1320 · Hebrew
- Definition
- flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- Derivation
- from H1319 (בָּשַׂר);
- KJV renderings
- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
- Grammar
- מִ — preposition
- בְּשָׂרָ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- ם֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 270 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:21Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:24Genesis 6:3
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 בָּשָׂר 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.