Leviticus 5:4

“Or 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.”

Leviticus 5:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 5:4, word by word

if a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

Where else “nefesh” appears
swearsתִשָּׁבַעtishava

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “tishava” appears
speaking rashlyבַטֵּאvate

speak rashly

Speak without thinking; utter an oath lightly.

Where else “vate” appears
with his lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim

lip

The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.

Where else “sefatayim” appears
to do evilהָרַעhara

do evil

To harm someone; evildoers.

Where else “hara” appears
to do goodהֵיטִיבhetiv

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

Where else “hetiv” appears
a manאָדָםadam

anyone

A person; with "not", no one.

Where else “adam” appears
in an oathשְׁבֻעָהshevua

oath

Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.

Where else “shevua” 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
oneאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “achat” appears

The context

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.

4 · This verse (above)

5When he becomes guilty in one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned.

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