And to a deadוְאֶל מֵתhuman beingאָדָםhe shall notלֹאgoיָבוֹאto become unclean;לְטָמְאָהexceptכִּי אִםfor fatherלְאָבor for mother,וּלְאֵםor for sonוּלְבֵןor for daughter,וּלְבַתfor brotherלְאָחor for sisterוּלְאָחוֹתwhoאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאhadהָיְתָהa husband,לְאִישׁthey may become unclean.יִטַּמָּאוּ
Ezekiel 44:25
Study it in the app“And to a dead human being he shall not go to become unclean; except for father or for mother, or for son or for daughter, for brother or for sister who has not had a husband, they may become unclean.”
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Ezekiel 44:25, word by word
- And to a deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- goיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to become uncleanטָמְאָהtama
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tama” appears- for fatherאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- or for motherאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- or for sonבֵןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- or for daughterבַתvat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appears- for brotherאָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears- or for sisterאָחוֹתachot
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appears- hadהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- a husbandאִישׁish
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
24And in a dispute they shall stand to judge; according to my rules they shall judge it; and my instructions and my statutes in all my appointed times they shall keep, and my Sabbaths they shall sanctify.
25 · This verse (above)
26And after his cleansing they shall count seven days for him.