Leviticus 15:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.”

Leviticus 15:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 15:1614 words

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תֵצֵאtēṣēʾGo

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying

זָרַעzāraʿSeed

וְרָחַץwərāḥaṣAnd lave

בַּמַּיִםbamayimIn waters

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh

וְטָמֵאwəṭāmēʾAnd be foul

עַדʿadAs far

הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תֵצֵאtēṣēʾGo

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying

זָרַעzāraʿSeed

וְרָחַץwərāḥaṣAnd lave

בַּמַּיִםbamayimIn waters

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh

וְטָמֵאwəṭāmēʾAnd be foul

עַדʿadAs far

הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk

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