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He shall let goוְשִׁלַּחthe livingהַחַיָּהbirdהַצִּפֹּרtoאֶלoutsideמִחוּץthe city,לָעִירoverאֶלthe faceפְּנֵיof the field;הַשָּׂדֶהso he shall make expiationוְכִפֶּרforעַלthe house,הַבַּיִתand it will be clean.וְטָהֵר
Leviticus 14:53
Study it in the app“He shall let go the living bird to outside the city, over the face of the field; so he shall make expiation for the house, and it will be clean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:53, word by word
- He shall let goשִׁלַּחshilach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilach” appears- the livingחַיָּהchaya
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chaya” appears- birdצִּפֹּרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” 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- the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- so he shall make expiationכִפֶּרchiper
atone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “chiper” appears- the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- and it will be cleanטָהֵרtaher
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “taher” appears
Translation note
In v. 52 the verb is chitte, “purify (from sin).” It can be understood that “making expiation” for the house here means removing its uncleanness so that it can be lived in again.
The context
52He shall purify the house with the blood of the bird and with the living water and with the living bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet.
53 · This verse (above)
54This is the instruction for every leprous sore and for ringworm,