And allוְכֹלthat walkהוֹלֵךְonעַלtheir paws,כַּפָּיוamong allבְּכָלthe animalsהַחַיָּהthat walkהַהֹלֶכֶתonעַלall fours,אַרְבַּעthey shall beהֵםuncleanטְמֵאִיםfor you;לָכֶםwhoeverכָּל הַtouchesנֹּגֵעַtheir carcassesבְּנִבְלָתָםwill be uncleanיִטְמָאuntilעַדthe evening.הָעָרֶב
Leviticus 11:27
Study it in the app“And all that walk on their paws, among all the animals that walk on all fours, they shall be unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until the evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:27, word by word
- that walkהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- their pawsכַּפָּיkapay
sole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kapay” appears- the animalsחַיָּהchaya
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appears- all foursאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- uncleanטְמֵאִיםtemeim
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temeim” appears- touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- their carcassesנִבְלָתָnivlata
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlata” appears- will be uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears- the eveningעָרֶבarev
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 “arev” appears
The context
26Every beast that divides the hoof but is not split with a cleft, and does not chew the cud, they shall be unclean for you; whoever touches them will be unclean.
27 · This verse (above)
28And whoever carries their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until the evening; they shall be unclean for you.