Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 14:21

21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God.

You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You are notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
to eatתֹאכְל֣וּṯō·ḵə·lūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralH398 eat
anyכָל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
carcassנְ֠בֵלָהnə·ḇê·lāhNoun - feminine singularH5038 carcass, corpse
you may give itתִּתְּנֶ֣נָּהtit·tə·nen·nāhVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singularH5414 give, put, set
to the foreigner residingלַגֵּ֨רlag·gêrPreposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singularH1616 sojourner
within your gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֜יךָbiš·‘ā·re·ḵāPreposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH8179 gate
and he may eat itוַאֲכָלָ֗הּwa·’ă·ḵā·lāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singularH398 eat
orא֤וֹ’ōwConjunctionH176 or
you may sellמָכֹר֙mā·ḵōrVerb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteH4376 sell
it to a foreignerלְנָכְרִ֔יlə·nā·ḵə·rîPreposition-l; Adjective - masculine singularH5237 foreign, alien
Forכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
youאַתָּ֔ה’at·tāhPronoun - second person masculine singularH859 thou
are a holyקָדוֹשׁ֙qā·ḏō·wōšAdjective - masculine singularH6918 sacred, holy
peopleעַ֤ם‘amNoun - masculine singularH5971 people
belonging to the LORDלַיהוָ֖הYah·wehPreposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
your Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵāNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH430 God
You must notלֹֽא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
cookתְבַשֵּׁ֥לṯə·ḇaš·šêlVerb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH1310 boil, seethe
a young goatגְּדִ֖יgə·ḏîNoun - masculine singularH1423 kid
in its mother’sאִמּֽוֹ׃פ’im·mōwNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH517 mother
milkבַּחֲלֵ֥בba·ḥă·lêḇPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH2461 milk

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 23:19 · Exodus 34:26 · Leviticus 22:8 · Deuteronomy 14:2 · Romans 12:2 · Leviticus 17:15 · Daniel 12:7 · Leviticus 19:33–34 · Acts 15:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.