Leviticus
Leviticus 11:39
39If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | וְכִ֤י | wə·ḵî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| an | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| animal | הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה | hab·bə·hê·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
| that | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you | לָכֶ֖ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| may eat | לְאָכְלָ֑ה | lə·’āḵ·lāh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H402 food, eating |
| dies | יָמוּת֙ | yā·mūṯ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4191 die |
| anyone who touches | הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ | han·nō·ḡê·a‘ | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5060 touch, reach, strike |
| the carcass | בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ | bə·niḇ·lā·ṯāh | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H5038 carcass, corpse |
| will be unclean | יִטְמָ֥א | yiṭ·mā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2930 be or become unclean |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| evening | הָעָֽרֶב׃ | hā·‘ā·reḇ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6153 (sun)set, evening |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.