38
But ifוְכִיwaterמַיִםis putיֻתַּןonעַלthe seedזֶרַעand any of their carcassesמִנִּבְלָתָםfallsוְנָפַלon it,עָלָיוit shall beהוּאuncleanטָמֵאfor you.לָכֶם
Leviticus 11:38
Study it in the app“But if water is put on the seed and any of their carcasses falls on it, it shall be unclean for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:38, word by word
- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- is putיֻתַּןyutan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yutan” appears- the seedזֶרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- and any of their carcassesנִּבְלָתָnivlata
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- fallsנָפַלnafal
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafal” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears
The context
37And if any of their carcasses falls on any seed for sowing that is to be sown, it is clean.
38 · This verse (above)
39And if one of the beasts that you may have for food dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening.