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And a womanוְאִשָּׁהwith whomאֲשֶׁר אֹתָהּa manאִישׁliesיִשְׁכַּבwith an emissionשִׁכְבַתof semen:זָרַעthey shall batheוְרָחֲצוּin waterבַמַּיִםand be uncleanוְטָמְאוּuntilעַדthe evening.הָעָרֶב
Leviticus 15:18
Study it in the app“And a woman with whom a man lies with an emission of semen: they shall bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 15:18, word by word
- And a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- liesיִשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “yishkav” appears- with an emissionשִׁכְבַתshichvat
emission
A man's emission of semen, which under the law left him unclean until evening.
Where else “shichvat” appears- of semenזָרַעzara
semen
The fluid from a man that gives rise to a child.
Where else “zara” appears- they shall batheרָחֲצוּrachatsu
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rachatsu” appears- in waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and be uncleanטָמְאוּtamu
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tamu” 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
17And every garment and every skin on which there is an emission of semen shall be washed in water and be unclean until the evening.
18 · This verse (above)
19And when a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her shall be unclean until the evening.