Presidente, you like the word "sophistry", but suppose you be careful about "deceitfulness"!
There is a solid rule of interpretation, when determining the meaning or use of a word and I quote:
"RULE:—To determine the usage of a word, consult its occurrences in literature, and depend most on those nearest the passage in point of context, authorship, date and character of composition." p121
https://icotb.org/resources/PrinciplesofInterpretation.pdf
Following that rule, we can recognize how Moses, in his writing the first 5 books of the Bible, in the context of the law, uses the word to ebah which is Strong's #H8441. I'll quote each use of to ebah until in Deuteronomy where there are too many to quote, but look at it for yourself. The last mention of to ebah I do quote, which is Deut. 32.16, 17. Most uses in Deuteronomy are about ritual uncleanness.
"And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination(to ebah) unto the Egyptians." (Gen 43:32, KJV)
"That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination (to ebah) unto the Egyptians." (Gen 46:34, KJV)
"And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination(to ebah) of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination(to ebah) of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?" (Exod 8:26, KJV)
** The Egyptians did not eat with Hebrews because of their religious view of sheep, shepherds which were an abomination, a sacrifice of sheep. It was a religious abomination!
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination(to ebah) ." (Lev 18:22, KJV)
"Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations(to ebah) neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations(to ebah) have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled" (Lev 18:26-27, KJV)
"For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations(to ebah) , even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable(to ebah) customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God." (Lev 18:29-30, KJV)
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination(to ebah) : they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." (Lev 20:13, KJV)
"The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination(to ebah) to the LORD thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination(to ebah) into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing." (Deut 7:25-26, KJV)
"When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination(to ebah) to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." (Deut 12:29-32, KJV)
** Notice how this passage is so similar to Leviticus 18 almost like an explanation and parallel thought.
"Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination(to ebah) is wrought among you;" (Deut 13:13-14, KJV)
........................... So many references to "abominations" in Deuteronomy, the last being:
"They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations(to ebah) provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not." (Deut 32:16-17, KJV)
** Yes, you can go forward many centuries and quote out of the poetic book of Proverbs and read: "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight." (Prov 11:1, KJV) But that does not overrule the use Moses makes of the word in the Law in the Pentateuch.
There is a solid rule of interpretation, when determining the meaning or use of a word and I quote:
"RULE:—To determine the usage of a word, consult its occurrences in literature, and depend most on those nearest the passage in point of context, authorship, date and character of composition." p121
https://icotb.org/resources/PrinciplesofInterpretation.pdf
Following that rule, we can recognize how Moses, in his writing the first 5 books of the Bible, in the context of the law, uses the word to ebah which is Strong's #H8441. I'll quote each use of to ebah until in Deuteronomy where there are too many to quote, but look at it for yourself. The last mention of to ebah I do quote, which is Deut. 32.16, 17. Most uses in Deuteronomy are about ritual uncleanness.
"And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination(to ebah) unto the Egyptians." (Gen 43:32, KJV)
"That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination (to ebah) unto the Egyptians." (Gen 46:34, KJV)
"And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination(to ebah) of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination(to ebah) of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?" (Exod 8:26, KJV)
** The Egyptians did not eat with Hebrews because of their religious view of sheep, shepherds which were an abomination, a sacrifice of sheep. It was a religious abomination!
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination(to ebah) ." (Lev 18:22, KJV)
"Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations(to ebah) neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations(to ebah) have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled" (Lev 18:26-27, KJV)
"For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations(to ebah) , even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable(to ebah) customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God." (Lev 18:29-30, KJV)
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination(to ebah) : they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." (Lev 20:13, KJV)
"The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination(to ebah) to the LORD thy God. Neither shalt thou bring an abomination(to ebah) into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing." (Deut 7:25-26, KJV)
"When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination(to ebah) to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." (Deut 12:29-32, KJV)
** Notice how this passage is so similar to Leviticus 18 almost like an explanation and parallel thought.
"Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination(to ebah) is wrought among you;" (Deut 13:13-14, KJV)
........................... So many references to "abominations" in Deuteronomy, the last being:
"They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations(to ebah) provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not." (Deut 32:16-17, KJV)
** Yes, you can go forward many centuries and quote out of the poetic book of Proverbs and read: "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight." (Prov 11:1, KJV) But that does not overrule the use Moses makes of the word in the Law in the Pentateuch.