But ifוְאִםshe gives birth toתֵלֵדa female,נְקֵבָהshe shall be uncleanוְטָמְאָהtwo weeks,שְׁבֻעַיִםas in her menstruation;כְּנִדָּתָהּand she shall remainתֵּשֵׁבsixtyוְשִׁשִּׁיםdaysיוֹםand sixוְשֵׁשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםinעַלthe bloodדְּמֵיof purification.טָהֳרָה
Leviticus 12:5
Study it in the app“But if she gives birth to a female, she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain sixty days and six days in the blood of purification.”
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Leviticus 12:5, word by word
- she gives birth toתֵלֵדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva
female
Female; a woman, or a female animal.
Where else “nekeva” appears- she shall be uncleanטָמְאָהtama
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tama” appears- two weeksשְׁבֻעַיִםshevuayim
week
Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.
Where else “shevuayim” appears- as in her menstruationנִדָּתָnidata
menstruation
A woman's monthly bleeding and the uncleanness it brought.
Where else “nidata” appears- and she shall remainתֵּשֵׁבteshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “teshev” appears- sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- the bloodדְּמֵיdeme
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “deme” appears- of purificationטָהֳרָהtahora
purification
Purification: the passage from unclean to clean, and the time it lasts.
Where else “tahora” appears
The context
4She shall remain thirty days and three days in the blood of purification; she shall not touch any holy thing and she shall not come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.
5 · This verse (above)
6When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest.