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“Speakדַּבְּרוּto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand sayוַאֲמַרְתֶּםto them:אֲלֵהֶםWhen any manאִישׁ אִישׁ כִּיhasיִהְיֶהa dischargeזָבfrom his body,מִבְּשָׂרוֹhis dischargeזוֹבוֹis unclean.טָמֵא הוּא
Leviticus 15:2
Study it in the app““Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 15:2, word by word
- “Speakדַּבְּרוּdabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabru” appears- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and sayאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears- When any manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- hasיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a dischargeזָבzav
have a discharge
To have a bodily emission causing uncleanness.
Where else “zav” appears- from his bodyבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- his dischargeזוֹבzov
discharge
Discharge: a fluid that flows from the body, from disease or naturally.
Where else “zov” appears- is uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears
Translation note
This chapter deals with discharges from the body of a man and of a woman. Someone who is unclean may not come near the holy things or the sanctuary until he is purified (15:31; 7:20-21).
The context
1And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge or his body is blocked from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.