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Theseאֵלֶּהare uncleanהַטְּמֵאִיםfor youלָכֶםamong allבְּכָלthe swarming things;הַשָּׁרֶץwhoeverכָּל הַtouchesנֹּגֵעַthemבָּהֶםwhen they are deadבְּמֹתָםwill be uncleanיִטְמָאuntilעַדthe evening.הָעָרֶב
Leviticus 11:31
Study it in the app“These are unclean for you among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until the evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:31, word by word
- are uncleanטְּמֵאִיםtemeim
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temeim” appears- the swarming thingsשָּׁרֶץsharets
swarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sharets” appears- touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- when they are deadמֹתָmota
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mota” 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
30the gecko, the large lizard, the wall lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
31 · This verse (above)
32And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead will be unclean, whether any article of wood or garment or skin or sack, any article with which work is done; it shall be put into water, and it will be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.