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Whoever touchesהַנֹּגֵעַthe dead bodyבְּמֵתof anyלְכָלhumanאָדָםpersonנֶפֶשׁshall be uncleanוְטָמֵאsevenשִׁבְעַתdays.יָמִים
Numbers 19:11
Study it in the app“Whoever touches the dead body of any human person shall be unclean seven days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:11, word by word
- Whoever touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- the dead bodyמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- humanאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- shall be uncleanטָמֵאtame
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tame” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
10And the one who gathers the ash of the cow shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And it shall be for the sons of Israel and for the resident alien who resides among them a statute forever.
11 · This verse (above)
12He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day and become clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day he will not become clean.