So you shall keepוְהִזַּרְתֶּםthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלseparate from their uncleanness,מִטֻּמְאָתָםso that they do notוְלֹאdieיָמֻתוּin their uncleannessבְּטֻמְאָתָםby making uncleanבְּטַמְּאָmy dwellingאֶת מִשְׁכָּנִיthat isאֲשֶׁרamong them.בְּתוֹכָם
Leviticus 15:31
Study it in the app“So you shall keep the sons of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by making unclean my dwelling that is among them.”
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Leviticus 15:31, word by word
- So you shall keepהִזַּרְתֶּםhizartem
separate
To keep at a distance from something, above all from what is holy or what turns one from God.
Where else “hizartem” appears- 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- separate from their uncleannessטֻּמְאָתָtumata
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tumata” appears- dieיָמֻתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears- by making uncleanטַמְּאָtama
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “tama” appears- my dwellingמִשְׁכָּנִmishkani
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkani” appears- among themתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears
The context
30And the priest shall offer the one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering; and the priest shall make expiation for her before YHWH for the discharge of her uncleanness.
31 · This verse (above)
32This is the instruction for the man with the discharge and for the one from whom an emission of semen goes out so that he becomes unclean by it,