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Andוְהָיָהwhenלִeveningעֶרֶבcomes onפְנוֹתhe shall washיִרְחַץwith water,בַּמָּיִםand whenוּכְthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁgoes downבֹאhe may comeיָבֹאinsideאֶל תּוֹךְthe camp.הַמַּחֲנֶה
Deuteronomy 23:11
Study it in the app“And when evening comes on he shall wash with water, and when the sun goes down he may come inside the camp.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:11, word by word
- Andהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- comes onפְנוֹתfenot
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “fenot” appears- he shall washיִרְחַץyirchats
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “yirchats” appears- with waterמָּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- goes downבֹאvo
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “vo” appears- insideתּוֹךְtoch
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
The context
10If there is among you a man who is not clean because of what happened at night, he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
11 · This verse (above)
12You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out there, outside.