Heהוּאshall purify himselfיִתְחַטָּאwith itבוֹon the thirdבַּ הַשְּׁלִישִׁיdayיּוֹםandוּon the seventhבַ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםand become clean;יִטְהָרbutוְifאִםhe does notלֹאpurify himselfיִתְחַטָּאon the thirdבַּ הַשְּׁלִישִׁיdayיּוֹםandוּon the seventhבַ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםhe will notלֹאbecome clean.יִטְהָר
Numbers 19:12
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:12, word by word
- shall purify himselfיִתְחַטָּאyitchata
purify
To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.
Where else “yitchata” appears- on the thirdשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- on the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- and become cleanיִטְהָרyithar
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “yithar” appears
The context
11Whoever touches the dead body of any human person shall be unclean seven days.
12 · This verse (above)
13Everyone who touches a dead person, the body of a human being who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the dwelling of YHWH, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of impurity was not splashed on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.