The Talmud in Niddah 51b tells us that all fish that have scales also have fins (and are thus kosher) But there are fish that have fins but no scales like catfish and are impure. It is also used for armor like mail, small metal shingles that allow for movement yet will still protect like a metal plate. The word for scales is qaseqaseth which is also of Phoenician origin used for the shingle-like covering of ships. The word sanar has the idea of blindness and sight as it relates to your sense of direction.
They observed that the fish use their fins for navigation, without them they were literally blind. No one knows for sure what the root word is or the derivation is but it seems to be related to sanar, a Phoenician word which was applied to the fins of fish. I had to search this one out as your lexicons were of little help. But that is the surface the outside, let’s step inside our Tardis.
Macro fish fins and scales skin#
Fish with skin and scales have a diet healthier to humans. On the outside, it makes sense to eat only fish with fins and scales as seafood that does not have fins or scales like catfish or lobster are scavengers eating waste. On the outside Leviticus 11:9 is just a small phone booth but if you dip inside you will find a vast world of knowledge of God with infinite rooms and corridors. On the outside, it is just a small phone both size structure but inside it is a vast enormous starship with infinite rooms and corridors, so many rooms that even a thousand-year-old Dr. Who you know that the Tardis is a 4’x4’x 7’ police call box that is really a time machine and starship operated by Dr. If you are a sci-fi fan and devotee of Dr. On my desk, I have a little model of a Tardis. In my study with rabbis, I learned something very important, that every word of the Bible comes from God and for a purpose. Who cares whether you should eat only fish that have fins and scales? I happen to like catfish, ok? We are no longer under law but grace, so such a passage has no meaning for me, how can I be blessed if this happens to be my morning devotional passage? I wonder, do any Christian actually read this passage? Do any Christians even read the book of Leviticus? Leviticus is famously known as the book that those determined Christians who seek to read through the Bible in one year drop out of their quest. Leviticus 11:9: “These shall ye eat of all that in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.” HEBREW WORD STUDY – FINS AND SCALES – SENAPPIR & QASEQESETH קשקשת סנפיר
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