Leviticus 15:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.”

Leviticus 15:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 15:1812 words

וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying

זָרַעzāraʿSeed

וְרָחֲצוּwərāḥăṣûAnd lave

בַמַּיִםvamayimIn waters

וְטָמְאוּwəṭāməʾûAnd 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

וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying

זָרַעzāraʿSeed

וְרָחֲצוּwərāḥăṣûAnd lave

בַמַּיִםvamayimIn waters

וְטָמְאוּwəṭāməʾûAnd be foul

עַדʿadAs far

הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk

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