Leviticus 11:2

Hebrew	דַּבְּר֛וּ אֶל בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֹ֤את הַֽחַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכְל֔וּ מִכָּל הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל הָאָֽרֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1
ESV	“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
NIV	“Say to the Israelites: 'Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:
NLT	“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.”Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.
LXX	λαλήσατε τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article υἱοῖς Ισραηλ λέγοντες ταῦταplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κτήνη ἃ φάγεσθε ἀπὸ πάντωνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς greek Meaning * All * Every * The whole Adjective. Usage in the New Testament The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable. With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17 τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κτηνῶν τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἐπὶ τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
KJV	Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

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