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Leviticus 12:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.


Leviticus 12:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 12:217 words
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
כִּיRelative conjunction
תַזְרִיעַtazərîʿaSow
וְיָלְדָהwəyālədāhAnd bear young
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וְטָמְאָהwəṭāməʾāhAnd be foul
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
כִּימֵיkîmêLike day
נִדַּתnidatRejection
דְּוֺתָהּdəwōtāhBe sick
תִּטְמָאtiṭəmāʾBe foul
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
כִּיRelative conjunction
תַזְרִיעַtazərîʿaSow
וְיָלְדָהwəyālədāhAnd bear young
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
וְטָמְאָהwəṭāməʾāhAnd be foul
שִׁבְעַתšivəʿatSeven
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
כִּימֵיkîmêLike day
נִדַּתnidatRejection
דְּוֺתָהּdəwōtāhBe sick
תִּטְמָאtiṭəmāʾBe foul

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