Study it in the app“Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and it is hidden from him, he has become unclean and guilty.”
Orאוֹif a personנֶפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁרtouchesתִּגַּעanyבְּכָלuncleanטָמֵאthing,דָּבָרwhetherאוֹthe carcassבְנִבְלַתof an uncleanטְמֵאָהanimal,חַיָּהorאוֹthe carcassבְּנִבְלַתof an uncleanטְמֵאָהbeast,בְּהֵמָהorאוֹthe carcassבְּנִבְלַתof an uncleanטָמֵאswarming thing,שֶׁרֶץand it is hiddenוְנֶעְלַםfrom him,מִמֶּנּוּhe has becomeוְהוּאuncleanטָמֵאand guilty.וְאָשֵׁם
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearstouch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “tiga” appearsunclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearscarcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearsswarming things
A swarm of small animals that move in great numbers: fish, insects, small reptiles.
Where else “sherets” appearsbe hidden
To stay out of someone's sight or knowledge; what is not revealed.
Where else “nelam” appearsbe guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “ashem” appears“Unclean” (tame) is a ritual state: someone who is unclean may not eat holy things or enter the sanctuary until he is purified (7:20-21; 12:4). The laws are in Leviticus 11–15.
1If a person sins in that he hears the public call to testify under oath, and he is a witness, whether he has seen or known the matter, if he does not declare it, he shall bear his iniquity.
2 · This verse (above)
3Or if he touches human uncleanness, any uncleanness of his by which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he will be guilty.
