9 See the note on .
10 The meaning and basic rendering of this clause is quite certain, but the verb for “chewing” the cud here is not the same as the preceding verses, where the expression is “to bring up the cud” (see the note on v. above). It appears to be a cognate verb for the noun “cud” (גֵּרָה, gerah) and could mean either “to drag up” (i.e., from the Hebrew Qal of גָרָר [garar] meaning “to drag,” referring to the dragging the cud up and down between the stomach and mouth of the ruminant animal; so J. Milgrom, Leviticus [], 1:, ) or “to chew” (i.e., from the Hebrew Niphal [or Qal B] of גָרָר used in a reciprocal sense; so J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [], , and compare 176 גָרַר, “to chew,” with גרר qal.B, “to ruminate”).

In other versions

And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

pigs, though they have divided hooves,

do not chew the cud—they are unclean for you.

The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.

and the pig, because it has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in the hoof but it does not chew cud—it is unclean for you.

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

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