And the houseוְ הַבַּיִתhe shall have scrapedיַקְצִעַinsideמִבַּיִתall around,סָבִיבand they shall pour outוְשָׁפְכוּthe clayהֶעָפָרthatאֲשֶׁרthey scrape offהִקְצוּtoאֶלoutsideמִחוּץthe city,לָעִירtoאֶלan uncleanטָמֵאplace.מָקוֹם
Leviticus 14:41
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “chuts” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- an uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
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.