Numbers
Numbers 31:19
19All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of you | כֹּל֩ | kōl | Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| who have killed | הֹרֵ֨ג | hō·rêḡ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| a person | נֶ֜פֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš | Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| or touched | נֹגֵ֣עַ | nō·ḡê·a‘ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5060 touch, reach, strike |
| the dead | בֶּֽחָלָ֗ל | be·ḥā·lāl | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2491 pierced |
| are to remain | חֲנ֛וּ | ḥă·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H2583 decline, bend down, encamp |
| outside | מִח֥וּץ | mi·ḥūṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2351 the outside |
| the camp | לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה | lam·ma·ḥă·neh | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular | H4264 encampment, camp |
| for seven | שִׁבְעַ֣ת | šiḇ·‘aṯ | Number - masculine singular construct | H7651 seven |
| days | יָמִ֑ים | yā·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H3117 day |
| On the third | הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ | haš·šə·lî·šî | Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular | H7992 third |
| day | בַּיּ֤וֹם | bay·yō·wm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| and the seventh | הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י | haš·šə·ḇî·‘î | Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular | H7637 seventh |
| day | וּבַיּ֣וֹם | ū·ḇay·yō·wm | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| you are to purify | תִּֽתְחַטְּא֞וּ | tiṯ·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ū | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2398 miss |
| yourselves | אַתֶּ֖ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| and your captives | וּשְׁבִיכֶֽם׃ | ū·šə·ḇî·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H7628 captivity, captives |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.