Leviticus 12:5

“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.”

Leviticus 12:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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a femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva

female

Female; a woman, or a female animal.

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she shall be uncleanטָמְאָהtama

be unclean

To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.

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two weeksשְׁבֻעַיִםshevuayim

week

Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.

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as in her menstruationנִדָּתָnidata

menstruation

A woman's monthly bleeding and the uncleanness it brought.

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and she shall remainתֵּשֵׁבteshev

stay

To remain in a place.

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sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim

sixty

Sixty.

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daysיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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and sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet

six

Six; also "sixth".

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the bloodדְּמֵיdeme

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

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of purificationטָהֳרָהtahora

purification

Purification: the passage from unclean to clean, and the time it lasts.

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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.

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