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And he shall notוְ לֹאgoיָבֹאtoעַלanyכָּלdeadמֵתpersons;נַפְשֹׁתnot even for his fatherלְאָבִיוor for his motherוּלְאִמּוֹshall he make himself unclean.לֹא יִטַּמָּא
Leviticus 21:11
Study it in the app“And he shall not go to any dead persons; not even for his father or for his mother shall he make himself unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 21:11, word by word
- goיָבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- personsנַפְשֹׁתnafshot
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshot” appears- not even for his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- or for his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- shall he make himself uncleanיִטַּמָּאyitama
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitama” appears
The context
10And the priest who is high among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose and shall not tear his garments.
11 · This verse (above)
12And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his Elohim, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his Elohim is on him. I am YHWH.