Leviticus 15:19

“And 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.”

Leviticus 15:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 15:19, word by word

a womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “isha” appears
hasתִהְיֶהtihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “tihye” appears
a dischargeזָבָהzava

discharge

Discharge: a fluid that flows from the body, from disease or naturally.

Where else “zava” appears
and her dischargeזֹבָzova

have a discharge

To have a bodily emission causing uncleanness.

Where else “zova” appears
in her bodyבְשָׂרָvesara

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

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bloodדָּםdam

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

Where else “dam” appears
in her menstruationנִדָּתָnidata

menstruation

A woman's monthly bleeding and the uncleanness it brought.

Where else “nidata” 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.

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who touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

Where else “nogea” appears
shall 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

18And a woman with whom a man lies with an emission of semen: they shall bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.

19 · This verse (above)

20And everything on which she lies during her menstruation shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean.

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