And whenוְ כִּיa womanאִשָּׁהhasתִהְיֶהa discharge,זָבָהand her dischargeזֹבָהּin her bodyבִּבְשָׂרָהּisיִהְיֶהblood,דָּםshe shall beתִּהְיֶהin her menstruationבְנִדָּתָהּsevenשִׁבְעַתdays,יָמִיםand anyoneוְכָלwho touchesהַנֹּגֵעַherבָּהּshall be uncleanיִטְמָאuntilעַדthe evening.הָעָרֶב
Leviticus 15:19
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “vesara” appears- 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.
Where else “yamim” appears- 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.