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Leviticus 15:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.


Leviticus 15:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 15:2316 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
עַלʿalAbove
הַמִּשְׁכָּבhamišəkāvThe bed
הוּאhûʾHe
אוֹʾwōDesire
עַלʿalAbove
הַכְּלִיhakəlîThe prepared
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִואhiwʾHe
יֹשֶׁבֶתyōševetSit
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
בְּנָגְעוֹbənāgəʿwōIn touch
בוֹvwōIn
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

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
עַלʿalAbove
הַמִּשְׁכָּבhamišəkāvThe bed
הוּאhûʾHe
אוֹʾwōDesire
עַלʿalAbove
הַכְּלִיhakəlîThe prepared
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִואhiwʾHe
יֹשֶׁבֶתyōševetSit
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
בְּנָגְעוֹbənāgəʿwōIn touch
בוֹvwōIn
יִטְמָאyiṭəmāʾBe foul
עַדʿadAs far
הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk

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