The one being purifiedהַמִּטַּהֵרshall washוְכִבֶּסhis garments,בְּגָדָיוshave offוְגִלַּחallכָּלhis hair,שְׂעָרוֹand batheוְרָחַץin water,בַּמַּיִםand he will be clean;וְטָהֵרand after thatוְאַחַרhe may comeיָבוֹאintoאֶלthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהbut he shall remainוְיָשַׁבoutsideמִחוּץhis tentלְאָהֳלוֹsevenשִׁבְעַתdays.יָמִים
Leviticus 14:8
Study it in the app“The one being purified shall wash his garments, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and he will be clean; and after that he may come into the camp, but he shall remain outside his tent seven days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:8, word by word
- The one being purifiedמִּטַּהֵרmitaher
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “mitaher” appears- shall washכִבֶּסchibes
wash
To wash clothes; or wash from sin.
Where else “chibes” appears- his garmentsבְּגָדָיbegaday
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appears- shave offגִלַּחgilach
shave
Shave. The Egyptians came before the king shaved.
Where else “gilach” appears- his hairשְׂעָרsear
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sear” appears- and batheרָחַץrachats
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rachats” appears- in waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- he may comeיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- but he shall remainיָשַׁבyashav
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- his tentאָהֳלahol
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahol” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9On the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair: his head, his beard, and the brows of his eyes; all his hair he shall shave off; he shall wash his garments and bathe his body in water, and he will be clean.