Leviticus 15:31

“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.”

Leviticus 15:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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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.

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by making uncleanטַמְּאָtama

defile

To make someone or something unclean.

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my dwellingמִשְׁכָּנִmishkani

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

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among themתוֹכָtocha

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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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,

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