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Orאוֹifכִיhe touchesיִגַּעhumanאָדָםuncleanness,בְּטֻמְאַתanyלְכֹלuncleanness of hisטֻמְאָתוֹby whichאֲשֶׁרone becomes unclean,יִטְמָא בָּהּand it is hiddenוְנֶעְלַםfrom him,מִמֶּנּוּwhen heוְהוּאcomes to know itיָדַעhe will be guilty.וְאָשֵׁם
Leviticus 5:3
Study it in the app“Or 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 5:3, word by word
- he touchesיִגַּעyiga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yiga” appears- humanאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- uncleannessטֻמְאַתtumat
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tumat” appears- one becomes uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears- and it is hiddenנֶעְלַםnelam
be hidden
To stay out of someone's sight or knowledge; what is not revealed.
Where else “nelam” appears- comes to know itיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- he will be guiltyאָשֵׁםashem
be guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “ashem” appears
The context
2Or 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4Or if a person swears, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in any matter that a man may speak rashly in an oath, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he will be guilty in one of these.