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And when the sunוּ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhas set,בָאhe shall be clean,וְטָהֵרand afterwardוְאַחַרhe may eatיֹאכַלofמִןthe holy things,הַקֳּדָשִׁיםforכִּיitהוּאis his food.לַחְמוֹ
Leviticus 22:7
Study it in the app“And when the sun has set, he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, for it is his food.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 22:7, word by word
- And when the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- has setבָאva
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “va” appears- he shall be cleanטָהֵרtaher
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “taher” appears- he may eatיֹאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- the holy thingsקֳּדָשִׁיםkodashim
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodashim” appears- is his foodלַחְמlachm
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachm” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8An animal that died or one torn by beasts he shall not eat, becoming unclean by it. I am YHWH.