Leviticus 15:25

“And when a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days not at the time of her menstruation, or when she has a discharge beyond her menstruation, all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her menstruation: she is unclean.”
Leviticus 15:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And whenוְ כִּיa womanאִשָּׁהhas a dischargeיָזוּבof her bloodזוֹב דָּמָהּfor manyרַבִּיםdaysיָמִיםnot atבְּלֹאthe timeעֶתof her menstruation,נִדָּתָהּorאוֹwhenכִיshe has a dischargeתָזוּבbeyondעַלher menstruation,נִדָּתָהּallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof the dischargeזוֹבof her uncleannessטֻמְאָתָהּsheהִואshall beתִּהְיֶהasכִּin the daysימֵיof her menstruation:נִדָּתָהּshe is unclean.טְמֵאָה

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Matthew 9:20 speaks of a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years; Leviticus 15:25 declares the woman unclean as long as the discharge lasts.

The same term appears in both passages.

זוֹבzovH2101αἱμορροοῦσαhaimorroousaG131“discharge”

Leviticus 15:25, word by word

a womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “isha” appears

has a dischargeיָזוּבyazuv

have a discharge

To have a bodily emission causing uncleanness.

Where else “yazuv” appears

of her bloodזוֹבzov

discharge

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

Where else “zov” appears

of her bloodדָּמָdama

blood

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

Where else “dama” appears

for manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears

daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears

the timeעֶתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

Where else “et” appears

of her menstruationנִדָּתָnidata

menstruation

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

Where else “nidata” appears

of her uncleannessטֻמְאָתָtumata

uncleanness

The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.

Where else “tumata” appears

shall beתִּהְיֶהtihye

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihye” appears

she is uncleanטְמֵאָהtemea

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

Where else “temea” appears

Translation note

A woman with a discharge like this, which had lasted twelve years, touched Jesus’ cloak and was healed (Mark 5:25-34).

The context

24And if a man does lie with her and her menstruation comes on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.

25 · This verse (above)

26Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like the bed of her menstruation; and every object on which she sits shall be unclean, like the uncleanness of her menstruation.

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