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# Bible: Deuteronomy

🏷 Bible text Hebrew text interlinear spook law · text — by Gerry · Oct 2020 · 4162 words

The Book of Deuteronomy contains mostly Biblical laws, many also repeated in Leviticus. I have only decrypted a small part so far, the laws about not “eating” certain animals: They all say that people with morals cannot be “entrusted” with authority, and that only lickspittle sycophants can be entrusted!

## Introduction

Deuteronomy & Leviticus contain many “eating” laws with lengthy lists of arbitrary animals that are forbidden to eat. The main pun in these “eating” laws is that lˀ t-ˀkl “shall not eat” puns wih lˀ tkl “do not entrust”. The lists are actually enumerations of character traits that make subordinates unfit to be entrusted.

In the eyes of the spook aristocrats, only people with negative traits should be entrusted with power. Positive traits are forbidden, because aristocratic power is based on injustice & corruption. Entrusted subordinates are supposed to help subjugate the other subjects, and any morality would simply stand in the way. This explains very well why “civilization” became the quagmire it is today.

The most important animal puns are these:

- The šwr “ox” is allowed, because it puns with swr “corruption”, introducing the general theme. 🡻
- The gml “camel” is forbidden, because it puns with gml “kindness”. 🡻
- The ˀrnb “hare” is forbidden, because it puns with nbr “honesty”. 🡻
- The špn “rock-badger” is forbidden, because it puns with spn “respectful”. 🡻
- The ḥzyr “pig” is forbidden, because it puns with ḥzr “repentant”. 🡻
- Fish with snpyr “fins” are allowed, because they pun with šprnˀ “lickspittle”. 🡻
- Generally, ṣpr “birds” are allowed, because they also pun with šprˀ “lickspittle”. 🡻
- Various individual birds are forbidden, because they again pun with positive character traits: The nšr “eagle” puns with nṣr “observant”, 🡻 the rˀh “glede” puns with rˀh “perceptive”, 🡻 the ˁrb “raven” puns with ˁrb “responsible”. 🡻 This long bird list is extremely cryptic and I may have guessed some of them wrong, but you get the drift: Any morality is forbidden!

### How to read this

- In the interlinear word-by-word translation, each word is shown as a little block; each verse is a paragraph of little blocks.
- Use the Pun Config to choose your level: Minimal for secret meaning only, Beginner for secret & official English texts, Intermediate for word-by-word vocabulary, Expert for original text & glyphs.
- Possible pun-encrypted meaning is marked with light red.
- Official meaning is marked with light green.
- Pun vocabulary is in red, whenever the meaning differs. All vocabulary is linked to online dictionaries.
- Please read the introduction, the interchangeability rules, and judge yourself whether I got it right.
- Religious readers should proceed with care.

## Entrusting corrupt servants

### Do not entrust the subjects, except corrupt ones.

The main pun of eating laws is t-ˀkl “shall eat” with tkl “entrust”. It seems the “clean” animals pun with various ways of corruptness, which make commoners “fit” to be entrusted as subordinate leaders, by the ultra-corrupt spook rulers.

By contrast, the face-value laws seem arbitrary, and there’s no reason given at all why this is “good” and that is “bad”.

#### Deuteronomy 14:3

Here, the tˁb “abhorred animals” stand for “the people”. Meaning-wise, the best pun is Arabic tˀbˁ for “subjects”, but Aramaic tbˁ for “follower” is still close. The pan-Semitic root is tbˁ for “demanding”.

> Encrypted: Not shall you ever trust any of the oppressed subjects.

> Official: Not shall you ever eat any of the abhorred animals.

> Not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> Not
> shall you ever trust
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכל tˀkl
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> shall you ever eat
> any
> כל kl: all, any
> כל kl
> כל kl: all, any
> any
> of the oppressed subjects.
> תבע tbˁ: submit, press, follow; תבעא tbˁˀ: follower, vassal, supporter
> תועבה twˁbh
> תעב tˁb: abhor, loathed, abomination
> of the abhorred [animals].

> Deuteronomy 14:3

#### Deuteronomy 14:4

> Encrypted: But these are those dumb leader servants whom you may trust & confide in: the corrupt & degenerate one, one who acts to force & subjugate, one who acts as powerful & oppressive,

> Official: But these are those beasts which you may eat: the ox, a lamb from the sheep, a lamb from the goats,

> [But] these are
> זאת zˀt: this
> זאת zˀt
> זאת zˀt: this
> [But] these are
> those dumb leader servants
> בהם bhm: dumb, driver, servant
> הבהמה hbhmh
> בהמה bhmh: beast, cattle
> those beasts
> whom
> אשר ˀšr: which, whom
> אשר ˀšr
> אשר ˀšr: which, whom
> which
> you may trust & confide in:
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you may eat:
> the corrupt & degenerate one,
> סור swr: astray, corrupt, degenerate
> שור šwr
> שור šwr: ox
> the ox,
> [one who] acts
> עשה ˁšh: do, act, order, force
> שה šh
> שה šh: sheep, lamb
> a lamb
> to force & subjugate,
> כשב kšb: subdue; כבש kbš: subdue, subjugate, force
> כשבים kšbym
> כשב kšb: lamb; כבש kbš: lamb
> from the sheep,
> [one who] acts
> עשה ˁšh: do, act, order, force
> ושה wšh
> שה šh: sheep, lamb
> a lamb
> as powerful & oppressive,
> עצם ˁṣm: force, press, powerful
> עזים ˁzym
> עזים ˁzym: goats
> from the goats,

> Deuteronomy 14:4

#### Deuteronomy 14:5

> Encrypted: the foolish one, the angry & quarrelsome, the strict & restrictive, the oppressive one, the apathetic & indifferent ones, the desirous & greedy, and the foul & corrupt.

> Official: the deer the gazelle, the roebuck, and the wild goat the mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

> the foolish one,
> אויל ˀwyl: foolish, silly, stupid
> איל ˀyl
> איל ˀyl: deer, ram
> the deer
> the angry & quarrelsome,
> צהב ṣhb: angry, quarrel, hate, insult
> וצבי wṣby
> צבי ṣby: gazelle, roebuck
> the gazelle,
> the strict & restrictive,
> חמור ḥmwr: weighty, stringent, restrictive
> ויחמור wyḥmwr
> יחמור yḥmwr: roebuck
> the roebuck,
> the oppressive one,
> עקו ˁqw: oppression, distress
> ואקו wˀqw
> אקו ˀqw: wild goat
> and the wild goat
> the apathetic & indifferent ones,
> אדשון ˀdšwn: apathy; אדש ˀdš: indifferent; ־ן -n: (suffix)
> ודישן wdyšn
> דישן dyšn: mountain goat
> the mountain goat,
> the desirous & greedy,
> תאוה tˀwh: desire, greedy, appetite
> ותאו wtˀw
> תאו tˀw: antelope
> the antelope,
> and the foul & corrupt.
> מזר mzr: foul, corrupted
> וזמר wzmr
> זמר zmr: mountain sheep, goat
> and the mountain sheep.

> Deuteronomy 14:5

### Only entrust smooth-talking persons.

#### Deuteronomy 14:6

The original here reads “split the split and split the split in two splits”, so it must be some pun.

> Encrypted: And every dumb leader servant who is separated & aloof clearly & distinctively, and who is smooth-talking to the people seducing them through division, and who will betray the other inferiors among the dumb servants, in him you may confide.

> Official: And every animal with split hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews up the cud among the animals that one you may eat

> And every
> כל kl: all, every
> וכל wkl
> כל kl: all, every
> And every
> dumb leader servant
> בהם bhm: dumb, driver, servant
> בהמה bhmh
> בהמה bhmh: animal, cattle
> animal
> who is separated & aloof
> מ־ m-: of; פרש prš: separate, distinguish, aloof
> מפרסת mprst
> מ־ m-: of; פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> with split
> clearly & distinctively,
> פרש prš: clearly, distinct
> פרסה prsh
> פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> hooves,
> and who is smooth-talking
> שעיותא šˁywtˀ: smoothness; שועיתא šwˁytˀ: talk, tale
> ושסעת wšsˁt
> שסעת šsˁt: split, divide, cloven-foot
> having the hoof
> to the people
> יציץ yṣyṣ: people
> שסע šsˁ
> שסע šsˁ: split, divide, cloven-foot
> split
> seducing [them]
> סות swt: seduce, allure
> שתי šty
> שתי šty: two
> [into] two
> [through] division,
> פרס prs: split, divide
> פרסות prswt
> פרס prs: split, divide
> parts,
> and who will betray
> מעל mˁl: treacherous, unfaithful
> מעלת mˁlt
> מעל mˁl: upwards
> [and that] chews up
> [the other] inferiors
> גרע grˁ: inferior, less; גרה grh: rival, fight
> גרה grh
> גרה grh: ground food, cud
> the cud
> among the dumb servants,
> ב־ b-: in, among; בהם bhm: dumb, servant
> בבהמה bbhmh
> ב־ b-: in, among; בהמה bhmh: animal, cattle
> among the animals
> in him
> את ˀt: to
> אתה ˀth
> את ˀt: to
> that one
> you may confide.
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you may eat

> Deuteronomy 14:6

### Do not entrust merciful, honest or respectful persons.

The “unclean” animals by contrast seem to pun with certain morals, which make commoners “unfit” to be entrusted as leaders. Note especially the extra law not to eat “rock badgers”, which should make clear that this text must be an encryption.

#### Deuteronomy 14:7

Here, camels are actually cloven-hoofed (and ruminants), yet are still considered “unclean”. The law is self-contradictory on top of having no apparent motive. Only the puns make sense.

> Encrypted: Nevertheless, in these do NOT confide, even though they are distinguished from the other inferiors, or though they are separated clearly from the people: the kind & merciful, the honest & innocent, and the respectful & caring; for distinguished among the inferiors are they, but separated from them not clearly, so too assimilated to the people they are for you.

> Official: Nevertheless, these do NOT eat, even though they chew up the cud or though they have cloven hooves the cloven: the camel, the hare and the rock badger for chew the cud do they, but their hooves are not cloven, so unclean they are for you.

> Nevertheless,
> אך ˀk: nevertheless
> אך ˀk
> אך ˀk: nevertheless
> Nevertheless,
> in
> את ˀt: to
> את ˀt
> את ˀt: to
> these
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> these
> do NOT
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> do NOT
> confide,
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> eat,
> [even though they] are distinguished
> מעלה mˁlh: distinguished, superior; מעל mˁl: treacherous
> ממעלי mmˁly
> מ־ m-: of; עלה ˁlh: go up, bring up, raise, rise
> [even though they] chew up
> [from the other] inferiors,
> גרע grˁ: inferior, less; גרה grh: rival, fight
> הגרה hgrh
> גרה grh: ground food, cud
> the cud
> or [though they] are separated
> מ־ m-: of; פרש prš: separate, distinguish, aloof
> וממפריסי wmmprysy
> מ־ m-: of; פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> or [though they] have cloven
> clearly
> פרש prš: clearly, distinct
> הפרסה hprsh
> פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> hooves
> [from] the people:
> יציץ yṣyṣ: people
> השסועה hšswˁh
> שסע šsˁ: split, divide, cloven-foot
> the cloven:
> את ˀt: to
> את ˀt
> את ˀt: to
> the kind & merciful,
> גמל gml: kind, charitable; חמל ḥml: mercy, pity, spare
> הגמל hgml
> גמל gml: camel
> the camel,
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> the honest & innocent,
> נבר nbr: honest, innocent, pure
> הארנבת hˀrnbt
> ארנב ˀrnb: hare
> the hare
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> the respectful & caring;
> ספן spn: respect, honor, care for, mind
> השפן hšpn
> שפן špn: hyrax, coney, rock-badger
> the rock badger [?!?]
> for
> כי ky: for
> כי ky
> כי ky: for
> for
> distinguished
> מעלה mˁlh: distinguished, superior
> מעלה mˁlh
> מ־ m-: of; עלה ˁlh: go up, bring up, raise, rise
> chew
> [among] the inferiors
> גרע grˁ: inferior, less; גרה grh: rival, fight
> גרה grh
> גרה grh: cud
> the cud
> are they,
> הם hm: they
> המה hmh
> הם hm: they
> do they,
> but separated [from them]
> פרש prš: separate, distinguish
> ופרסה wprsh
> פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> but [their] hooves
> not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> are not
> clearly,
> פרש prš: clearly
> הפריסו hprysw
> פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> cloven,
> so too assimilated [to the people]
> טמע ṭmˁ: assimilate, absorb, intermix
> טמאים ṭmˀym
> טמא ṭmˀ: unclean
> so unclean
> they [are]
> הם hm: they
> הם hm
> הם hm: they
> they [are]
> for you.
> לכם lkm: to you
> לכם lkm
> לכם lkm: to you
> for you.

> Deuteronomy 14:7

### Do not entrust reflective & repentant persons.

The ḥzyr “pig” puns with ḥzr “returning things”, which has many positive derived meanings such as “reflect”, “reconsider”, “repent”, “restore”. It’s hard to tell what they mean here, but it’s clearly out of the question that spook aristocrats would ever entrust persons with any of these qualities. For a discussion, see the pig article.

#### Deuteronomy 14:8

> Encrypted: And also not the reflective, regretful & repentant, because although distinguished clearly he is, but not will he attack the others, so too assimilated he is for you. In his explanations do not trust, his foolish ideas should not concern you.

> Official: And also not the swine, because although cloven hooves it has, but not does it chew cud, so unclean it is for you. Its flesh do not eat, and its carcass do not touch.

> And [also not]
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> And [also not]
> the reflective, regretful & repentant,
> חזר ḥzr: repent, restore, regret; חזרה ḥzrh: reflect; החזר hḥzr: refund, repay
> החזיר hḥzyr
> חזיר ḥzyr: pig, swine
> the swine,
> because [although]
> כי ky: as, because
> כי ky
> כי ky: as, because
> because [although]
> distinguished
> מ־ m-: of; פרש prš: separate, distinguish
> מפריס mprys
> מ־ m-: of; פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> cloven
> clearly
> פרש prš: clearly, distinct
> פרסה prsh
> פרס prs: split, divide, hoof
> hooves
> he is,
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> הוא hwˀ
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> it has,
> but not
> לא lˀ: not
> ולא wlˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> but not
> will he attack [the others?],
> גרה grh: rival, jealous, fight; גרי gry: attack
> גרה grh
> גרה grh: ground food, cud
> [does it chew] cud,
> so too assimilated
> טמע ṭmˁ: assimilate, absorb, intermix
> טמא ṭmˀ
> טמא ṭmˀ: unclean
> so unclean
> he is
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> הוא hwˀ
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> it is
> for you.
> לכם lkm: to you
> לכם lkm
> לכם lkm: to you
> for you.
> In his explanations
> פשר pšr: explain, interpret
> מבשרם mbšrm
> בשר bšr: flesh, body
> Its flesh
> do not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> do not
> trust,
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> eat,
> his foolish ideas
> נבל nbl: foolishness, villainous
> ובנבלתם wbnbltm
> נבלה nblh: carcass
> and its carcass
> should not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> do not
> concern you.
> ת־ t-: of; נגע ngˁ: concern, afflict, reach
> תגעו tgˁw
> ת־ t-: of; נגע ngˁ: touch
> touch.

> Deuteronomy 14:8

### Entrust the lickspittle sycophants among the people.

The “scales” pun very well with “babbling”, apparently also a leadership quality.

#### Deuteronomy 14:9

> Encrypted: These you may entrust of all which are among the people: All that are to them lickspittle sycophants and babbling & chattering you may entrust,

> Official: These you may eat of all which are in the waters: All that have to them fins and scales you may eat,

> את ˀt: to
> את ˀt
> את ˀt: to
> These
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> These
> you may entrust
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you may eat
> of all
> מ־ m-: of; כל kl: all
> מכל mkl
> מ־ m-: of; כל kl: all
> of all
> which [are]
> אשר ˀšr: which
> אשר ˀšr
> אשר ˀšr: which
> which [are]
> among the people:
> ב־ b-: among; עמים ˁmym: people
> במים bmym
> ב־ b-: in; מים mym: waters
> in the waters:
> All
> כל kl: all
> כל kl
> כל kl: all
> All
> that
> אשר ˀšr: that
> אשר ˀšr
> אשר ˀšr: that
> that
> [are] to them
> לו lw: to him
> לו lw
> לו lw: to him
> [have] to them
> lickspittle sycophants
> שפרנא šprnˀ: lick-spittle, flatterer, sycophant
> סנפיר snpyr
> סנפיר snpyr: fins
> fins
> and babbling & chattering
> קשקש qšqš: prattle, babble, chatter
> וקשקשת wqšqšt
> קשקשת qšqšt: scales
> and scales
> you may entrust,
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you may eat,

> Deuteronomy 14:9

#### Deuteronomy 14:10

> Encrypted: but all which are not to them lickspittle sycophants and babbling & chattering, not you shall entrust. Too assimilated to the people they are for you.

> Official: but all which do not have to them fins and scales, not you shall eat. Unclean they are for you.

> but all
> כל kl: all
> וכל wkl
> כל kl: all
> but all
> which [are]
> אשר ˀšr: which
> אשר ˀšr
> אשר ˀšr: which
> which [do]
> not
> אין ˀyn: not
> אין ˀyn
> אין ˀyn: not
> not
> to them
> לו lw: to him
> לו lw
> לו lw: to him
> [have] to them
> lickspittle sycophants
> שפרנא šprnˀ: lick-spittle, flatterer, sycophant
> סנפיר snpyr
> סנפיר snpyr: fins
> fins
> and babbling & chattering,
> קשקש qšqš: prattle, babble, chatter
> וקשקשת wqšqšt
> קשקשת qšqšt: scales
> and scales,
> not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> not
> you shall entrust.
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you shall eat.
> Too assimilated [to the people]
> טמע ṭmˁ: assimilate, absorb, intermix
> טמא ṭmˀ
> טמא ṭmˀ: unclean
> Unclean
> they [are]
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> הוא hwˀ
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> they [are]
> for you.
> לכם lkm: to you
> לכם lkm
> לכם lkm: to you
> for you.

> Deuteronomy 14:10

### Do not entrust watchful & responsible persons.

The many strange bird names are hard to decrypt. Even mainstream translators struggle to guess which birds are meant. The common denominator seems to be that the names all pun with various ways of correctness, which is forbidden for people entrusted with power.

The pun for the positive law seems to be ṣpr “birds” punning with šprˀ “sycophants” (similar to the “fins” in 14:9).

#### Deuteronomy 14:11

> Encrypted: All lickspittle sycophants who are competing & squabbling you may entrust.

> Official: All birds clean you may eat.

> All
> כל kl: all
> כל kl
> כל kl: all
> All
> lickspittle sycophants
> שפרא šprˀ: lick-spittle, flatterer, sycophant
> צפור ṣpwr
> צפר ṣpr: bird
> birds
> who are competing & squabbling
> תחר tḥr: compete; תחרו tḥrw: squabble
> טהרה ṭhrh
> טהר ṭhr: clean
> clean
> you may entrust.
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you may eat.

> Deuteronomy 14:11

#### Deuteronomy 14:12

> Encrypted: But these are those which not you shall entrust of them: the watchful & observant, the invasive & penetrating, the ones who balance carefully,

> Official: But these are those which not you shall eat of them: the eagle, and the vulture, and the buzzard,

> But these [are those]
> זה zh: this
> וזה wzh
> זה zh: this
> But these [are those]
> which
> אשר ˀšr: which
> אשר ˀšr
> אשר ˀšr: which
> which
> not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> not
> you shall entrust
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you shall eat
> of them:
> מ־ m-: from; הם hm: them
> מהם mhm
> מ־ m-: from; הם hm: them
> of them:
> the watchful & observant [??],
> נצר nṣr: watch, observe
> הנשר hnšr
> נשר nšr: eagle
> the eagle,
> the invasive & penetrating,
> פרז prz: break, open; פרץ prṣ: breach, invade; ברץ brṣ: penetrate
> והפרס whprs
> פרס prs: vulture
> and the vulture,
> the ones who balance carefully [?],
> אזן ˀzn: listen, balance, weigh carefully
> והעזניה whˁznyh
> עזניה ˁznyh: buzzard
> and the buzzard,

> Deuteronomy 14:12

#### Deuteronomy 14:13

> Encrypted: the perceptive, and one who points things out, the knowledgeable and those kind,

> Official: and the glede, and the falcon and the kite and their kind,

> the perceptive,
> ראה rˀh: see, perceive, understand; דאי dˀy: sufficiency, too much
> והראה whrˀh
> ראה rˀh: glede; דאה dˀh: kite
> and the glede,
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> one who points things out [?],
> אוה ˀwh: point, mark out
> האיה hˀyh
> איה ˀyh: falcon
> the falcon
> the knowledgeable
> דעה dˁh: knowledge, wisdom
> והדיה whdyh
> דיה dyh: kite
> and the kite
> and those kind,
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> למינה lmynh
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> and their kind,

> Deuteronomy 14:13

#### Deuteronomy 14:14

> Encrypted: and every responsible person and those kind,

> Official: and every raven and their kind,

> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> every
> כל kl: every
> כל kl
> כל kl: every
> every
> responsible person [?]
> ערב ˁrb: responsible, liable, surety
> ערב ˁrb
> ערב ˁrb: raven
> raven
> and those kind,
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> למינו lmynw
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> and their kind,

> Deuteronomy 14:14

#### Deuteronomy 14:15

> Encrypted: and a person who looks carefully & investigates, and a comprehensive one, and one who searches & examines, and one who examines & proves and those kind,

> Official: and the daughter of the ostrich, and the short-eared owl, and the seagull, and the hawk and their kind,

> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> a person [??]
> בת bt: daughter
> בת bt
> בת bt: daughter
> the daughter [??]
> who looks carefully & investigates,
> עין ˁyn: look carefully, balance exactly, investigate
> היענה hyˁnh
> יען yˁn: ostrich
> of the ostrich,
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> a comprehensive one,
> ת־ t-: will; המס hms: comprehend, reflect
> התחמס htḥms
> תחמס tḥms: owl
> the [short-eared?] owl,
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> one who searches & examines,
> חפש ḥpš: search, examine, expose; פשח pšḥ: doubt
> השחף hšḥp
> שחף šḥp: sea mew, sea gull
> the seagull,
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> one who examines & proves
> נסה nsh: try, test, prove; נסי nsy: examine
> הנץ hnṣ
> נץ nṣ: hawk
> the hawk
> and those kind,
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> למינהו lmynhw
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> and their kind,

> Deuteronomy 14:15

#### Deuteronomy 14:16

One mustn’t steal what the overlords rightfully stole!

> Encrypted: and a stubborn one, and one who lets information slip and one who lets information slip away

> Official: and the small owl and the screech owl and the white owl

> and
> את ˀt: to
> את ˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> a stubborn one [??],
> קשי qšy: stubbornness
> הכוס hkws
> כוס kws: small owl
> the small owl
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> one who [lets information] slip [??]
> נשף nšp: slip, blow
> הינשוף hynšwp
> ינשוף ynšwp: owl
> the [screech?] owl
> and one who [lets information] slip away [??]
> ת־ t-: will; נשמט nšmṭ: slip away
> והתנשמת whtnšmt
> תנשמת tnšmt: white owl
> and the white owl

> Deuteronomy 14:16

#### Deuteronomy 14:17

> Encrypted: and the just & fair one, and the headstrong, and the prudent & intelligent

> Official: and the pelican and the carrion vulture and the cormorant

> and the just & fair one,
> הקותא hqwtˀ: justice, right, fairness
> והקאת whqˀt
> קאת qˀt: pelican, cormorant
> and the pelican
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> the headstrong,
> מרח mrḥ: headstrong, difficult
> הרחמה hrḥmh
> רחם rḥm: carrion vulture
> the carrion vulture
> and
> את ˀt: to
> ואת wˀt
> את ˀt: to
> and
> the prudent & intelligent
> שכל škl: prudent, wise, understand, intelligent
> השלך hšlk
> שלך šlk: cormorant
> the cormorant

> Deuteronomy 14:17

#### Deuteronomy 14:18

> Encrypted: and the ones who suspect things, and those who examine & sift through things and those kind, and the earnest ones, and the ones who do research.

> Official: and the stork and the heron and their kind, and the hoopoe and the bat

> and the ones who suspect things,
> חשד ḥšd: suspect, suspicion
> והחסידה whḥsydh
> חסידה ḥsydh: stork
> and the stork
> and those who examine & sift through things
> נפה nph: sift, examined closely
> והאנפה whˀnph
> אנפה ˀnph: heron
> and the heron
> and those kind,
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> למינה lmynh
> ל־ l-: to; מין myn: kind
> and their kind,
> and the earnest ones,
> תכיבאית tkybˀyt: earnestly, vigorously
> והדוכיפת whdwkypt
> דוכיפת dwkypt: hoopoe
> and the hoopoe
> and the ones who do research [?].
> טלב ṭlb: seek, quest, research
> והעטלף whˁṭlp
> עטלף ˁṭlp: bat
> and the bat

> Deuteronomy 14:18

#### Deuteronomy 14:19

> Encrypted: And every alert & scrupulous one who is penetrating things, too obstinate and thus shut off he is for you, not to be trusted.

> Official: And every creeping thing that flies unclean it is for you, not to be eaten.

> And every
> כל kl: all, every
> וכל wkl
> כל kl: all, every
> And every
> alert & scrupulous one
> זרז zrz: alert; זריז zryz: scrupulous
> שרץ šrṣ
> שרץ šrṣ: creep
> creeping thing
> who is penetrating things [???],
> פעפוע pˁpwˁ: piercing, penetrating
> העוף hˁwp
> עוף ˁwp: fly
> that flies
> too obstinate [and thus] shut off
> אטם ˀṭm: shut, closed, obstinate
> טמא ṭmˀ
> טמא ṭmˀ: unclean
> unclean
> he [is]
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> הוא hwˀ
> הוא hwˀ: he, it
> it [is]
> for you,
> לכם lkm: to you
> לכם lkm
> לכם lkm: to you
> for you,
> not
> לא lˀ: not
> לא lˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> not
> [to be] trusted.
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> יאכלו yˀklw
> אכל ˀkl: eat
> [to be] eaten.

> Deuteronomy 14:19

#### Deuteronomy 14:20

ˁwp “bird” was here used instead of ṣpr “bird”, which would pun with šprˀ “sycophant” (as in Deuteronomy 14:11). It’s unclear if they wanted to try a different pun here, or if it’s a scribal error.

> Encrypted: But all duplicitous persons who are competing & squabbling you may entrust.

> Official: But all birds clean you may eat.

> [But] all
> כל kl: all
> כל kl
> כל kl: all
> [But] all
> duplicitous [persons?]
> עפיפו ˁpypw: duplicity; שפרא šprˀ: lick-spittle, flatterer, sycophant
> עוף ˁwp
> עוף ˁwp: bird; צפר ṣpr: bird
> birds
> who are competing & squabbling
> תחר tḥr: compete; תחרו tḥrw: squabble
> טהור ṭhwr
> טהור ṭhwr: clean
> clean
> you may entrust.
> תכל tkl: trust, confide, confident
> תאכלו tˀklw
> ת־ t-: will; אכל ˀkl: eat
> you may eat.

> Deuteronomy 14:20

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