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And whoever entersוְהַבָּאthe houseאֶל הַבַּיִתduring allכָּלthe daysיְמֵיthat he has isolatedהִסְגִּירitאֹתוֹwill be uncleanיִטְמָאuntilעַדthe evening.הָעָרֶב
Leviticus 14:46
Study it in the app“And whoever enters the house during all the days that he has isolated it will be unclean until the evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:46, word by word
- And whoever entersבָּאba
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears- the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- that he has isolatedהִסְגִּירhisgir
isolate
To keep someone apart for days for leprosy.
Where else “hisgir” appears- will be uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears- the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears
The context
45He shall tear down the house, its stones and its timbers and all the clay of the house, and carry them out to outside the city, to an unclean place.
46 · This verse (above)
47And whoever lies down in the house shall wash his garments, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his garments.