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Leviticus 11:39 — King James Version← Study notes

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.


Leviticus 11:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 11:3913 words
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
מִןminPart
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִיאhîʾHe
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhTo food
הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch
בְּנִבְלָתָהּbənivəlātāhIn flabby
יִטְמָאyiṭəmāʾBe foul
עַדʿadAs far
הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
מִןminPart
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִיאhîʾHe
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhTo food
הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch
בְּנִבְלָתָהּbənivəlātāhIn flabby
יִטְמָאyiṭəmāʾBe foul
עַדʿadAs far
הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk

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