Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. (Leviticus 11:4)
The camel appears to be cloven-footed, but there is a ball at the back of the foot, resembling a heel. Hence it is counted unclean.
Unclean.
The Jews were to “have“ all “unclean” things “in abomination,”shaqaṣ (vs. 11, 13, 43). This word is also translated “detest” (Deut. 7:26) and “abhorred” (Ps. 22:24). The creatures here listed as “unclean” are hygienically unfit for human use as food (DA 617; 2T 96; see on Gen. 9:3).