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Leviticus 22:6 — King James Version← Study notes

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.


Leviticus 22:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 22:616 words
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּגַּעtigaʿTouch
בּוֹbwōIn
וְטָמְאָהwəṭāməʾāhAnd be foul
עַדʿadAs far
הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יֹאכַלyōʾḵalEat
מִןminPart
הַקֳּדָשִׁיםhaqŏdāšîmThe sacred
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
רָחַץrāḥaṣLave
בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh
בַּמָּיִםbamāyimIn waters
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּגַּעtigaʿTouch
בּוֹbwōIn
וְטָמְאָהwəṭāməʾāhAnd be foul
עַדʿadAs far
הָעָרֶבhāʿārevThe dusk
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יֹאכַלyōʾḵalEat
מִןminPart
הַקֳּדָשִׁיםhaqŏdāšîmThe sacred
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
רָחַץrāḥaṣLave
בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh
בַּמָּיִםbamāyimIn waters

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