Study it in the app“The living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.”
The livingהַחַיָּהbird,הַצִּפֹּרhe shall takeיִקַּחit,אֹתָהּand the cedarוְ הָאֶרֶזwood,עֵץand the scarlet,וְ שְׁנִי הַתּוֹלַעַתand the hyssop,וְ הָאֵזֹבand dipוְטָבַלthemאוֹתָםand the livingוְ הַחַיָּהbirdהַצִּפֹּרin the bloodבְּדַםof the birdהַצִּפֹּרthat was slaughteredהַשְּׁחֻטָהoverעַלthe livingהַחַיִּיםwater.הַמַּיִם
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chaya” appearsbird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearscedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “erez” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appearsscarlet
Scarlet, crimson; thread dyed that color.
Where else “sheni” appearsscarlet
Bright red dye from a worm, or thread of that color.
Where else “tolaat” appearshyssop
Hyssop: a plant with small branches used like a brush for sprinkling.
Where else “ezov” appearsdip
Dip, plunge into a liquid.
Where else “taval” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearsslaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “shechuta” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears5The priest shall command that they slaughter the one bird in an earthen vessel over living water.
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7He shall sprinkle on the one being purified from the leprosy seven times, and declare him clean, and let go the living bird over the face of the field.
