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Leviticus 12:5 — King James Version← Study notes

But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.


Leviticus 12:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 12:514 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
נְקֵבָהnəqēvāhFemale
תֵלֵדtēlēdBear young
וְטָמְאָהwəṭāməʾāhAnd be foul
שְׁבֻעַיִםšəvuʿayimSevened
כְּנִדָּתָהּkənidātāhLike rejection
וְשִׁשִּׁיםwəšišîmAnd sixty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְשֵׁשֶׁתwəšēšetAnd six
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
תֵּשֵׁבtēšēvSit
עַלʿalAbove
דְּמֵיdəmêBlood
טָהֳרָהṭāhŏrāhPurification
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
נְקֵבָהnəqēvāhFemale
תֵלֵדtēlēdBear young
וְטָמְאָהwəṭāməʾāhAnd be foul
שְׁבֻעַיִםšəvuʿayimSevened
כְּנִדָּתָהּkənidātāhLike rejection
וְשִׁשִּׁיםwəšišîmAnd sixty
יוֹםywōmDay
וְשֵׁשֶׁתwəšēšetAnd six
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
תֵּשֵׁבtēšēvSit
עַלʿalAbove
דְּמֵיdəmêBlood
טָהֳרָהṭāhŏrāhPurification

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