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Leviticus 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.


Leviticus 5:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 5:224 words
אוֹʾwōDesire
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּגַּעtigaʿTouch
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
דָּבָרdāvārWord
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְנִבְלַתvənivəlatIn flabby
חַיָּהḥayāhLiving
טְמֵאָהṭəmēʾāhFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְּנִבְלַתbənivəlatIn flabby
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
טְמֵאָהṭəmēʾāhFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְּנִבְלַתbənivəlatIn flabby
שֶׁרֶץšereṣSwarm
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
וְנֶעְלַםwəneʿəlamAnd veil
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
וְאָשֵׁםwəʾāšēmAnd be guilty
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אוֹʾwōDesire
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּגַּעtigaʿTouch
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
דָּבָרdāvārWord
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְנִבְלַתvənivəlatIn flabby
חַיָּהḥayāhLiving
טְמֵאָהṭəmēʾāhFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְּנִבְלַתbənivəlatIn flabby
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
טְמֵאָהṭəmēʾāhFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְּנִבְלַתbənivəlatIn flabby
שֶׁרֶץšereṣSwarm
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
וְנֶעְלַםwəneʿəlamAnd veil
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
וְאָשֵׁםwəʾāšēmAnd be guilty

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