אַרְנֶבֶתʼarnebeth
hare (Leviticus 11:6; Deuteronomy 14:7)
Pronunciation: ar-neh'-beth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H768
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 11:6 The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
- Deuteronomy 14:7 but if the animal doesn’t have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).