Leviticus 22:4

“No man of the offspring of Aaron who is leprous or has a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything unclean by a dead person, or a man from whom an emission of semen goes out,”

Leviticus 22:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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