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orאוֹa manאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרtouchesיִגַּעanyבְּכָלswarming thingשֶׁרֶץby whichאֲשֶׁרhe becomes unclean,יִטְמָא לוֹorאוֹa human beingבְאָדָםby whomאֲשֶׁרhe becomes unclean,יִטְמָא לוֹwhateverלְכֹלhis uncleanness may be,טֻמְאָתוֹ
Leviticus 22:5
Study it in the app“or 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 22:5, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- touchesיִגַּעyiga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yiga” appears- swarming thingשֶׁרֶץsherets
swarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sherets” appears- he becomes uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears- a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- his uncleanness may beטֻמְאָתtumat
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tumat” appears
The context
4No 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,
5 · This verse (above)
6the person who touches it shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.