No manאִישׁ אִישׁ לֹאof the offspringמִזֶּרַעof Aaronאַהֲרֹןwhoוְהוּאis leprousצָרוּעַorאוֹhas a dischargeזָבmay eatיֹאכַלof the holy thingsבַּקֳּדָשִׁיםuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרhe is clean.יִטְהָרWhoever touchesוְהַנֹּגֵעַanythingבְּכָלuncleanטְמֵאby a dead person,נֶפֶשׁorאוֹa manאִישׁfrom whomאֲשֶׁר מִמֶּנּוּan emissionשִׁכְבַתof semenזָרַעgoes out,תֵּצֵא
Leviticus 22:4
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With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 22:4, word by word
- No manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of the offspringזֶּרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- is leprousצָרוּעַtsarua
have leprosy
Have tsaraat ("leprosy"): a skin disease that made a person unclean (Leviticus 13). It is not exactly the disease called leprosy today.
Where else “tsarua” appears- has a dischargeזָבzav
have a discharge
To have a bodily emission causing uncleanness.
Where else “zav” appears- may eatיֹאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- of the holy thingsקֳּדָשִׁיםkodashim
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodashim” appears- he is cleanיִטְהָרyithar
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “yithar” appears- Whoever touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- uncleanטְמֵאteme
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “teme” appears- by a dead personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- an emissionשִׁכְבַתshichvat
emission
A man's emission of semen, which under the law left him unclean until evening.
Where else “shichvat” appears- goes outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears
The context
3Say to them: Throughout your generations, any man from among all your offspring who approaches the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate to YHWH while his uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from before me. I am YHWH.
4 · This verse (above)
5or a man who touches any swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or a human being by whom he becomes unclean, whatever his uncleanness may be,