Leviticus 14:41

“And the house he shall have scraped inside all around, and they shall pour out the clay that they scrape off to outside the city, to an unclean place.”

Leviticus 14:41 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 14:41, word by word

And the houseבַּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “bayit” appears
he shall have scrapedיַקְצִעַyaktsia

scrape

To rub the plaster off the walls.

Where else “yaktsia” appears
all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

Where else “saviv” appears
and they shall pour outשָׁפְכוּshafchu

spill

To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.

Where else “shafchu” appears
the clayעָפָרafar

rubble

Wet earth, or what is left of what was torn down and broken up.

Where else “afar” appears
they scrape offהִקְצוּhiktsu

scrape

Scratch away.

Where else “hiktsu” appears
outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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an uncleanטָמֵאtame

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

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placeמָקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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The context

40the priest shall command that they pull out the stones in which the mark is and throw them to outside the city, to an unclean place.

41 · This verse (above)

42They shall take other stones and put them in place of the stones, and he shall take other clay and plaster the house.

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