Does the rabbit chew the cud? Bible inerrancy supported!

so what exactly is a cud, in Hebrew?PE

If there were no other extant Hebrew documents, how did they manage to translate into the phrase "chewing the cud" at all?PE

Sorry for the quickfire questions, I'm wondering how you think the phrase "chewing the cud" got into the KJV in the first place. Once I understand you, I'll leave you alone.In your view, was this a translation error, and if so, what should the Hebrew correctly translate to in modern language?PE

I guess "chewing or appearing to chew the cud" would be a better translation in modern English, no?I agree that languages are not analogous, but English has more than twice the vocabulary of any other language - its inconceivable to me (and I speak more than one language) that something can't be translated into English, albeit clumsily.Would you agree that the translators should have written: "chewing or appearing to chew the cud", or that this is at least an improvement?PE

Are you saying here that the KJV should not be interpreted scientifically? If you were unfamiliar with Biblical language, you'd probably need to have it explained. So this was an idiom in Hebrew, where "chewing the cud" meant "looking as though chewing a cud"?PE