Butאַךְa springמַעְיָןor a cisternוּבוֹרholding a collectionמִקְוֵהof waterמַיִםshall beיִהְיֶהclean,טָהוֹרbut whoever touchesוְנֹגֵעַtheir carcassesבְּנִבְלָתָםwill be unclean.יִטְמָא
Leviticus 11:36
Study it in the app“But a spring or a cistern holding a collection of water shall be clean, but whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:36, word by word
- a springמַעְיָןmayan
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayan” appears- or a cisternבוֹרvor
cistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “vor” appears- holding a collectionמִקְוֵהmikve
gathering
Water gathered in one place, like a pool or the seas.
Where else “mikve” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- cleanטָהוֹרtahor
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appears- but whoever touchesנֹגֵעַnogea
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 context
35And anything on which any of their carcasses falls will be unclean; an oven or a stove shall be broken down; they are unclean, and they shall be unclean for you.
36 · This verse (above)
37And if any of their carcasses falls on any seed for sowing that is to be sown, it is clean.