Everyoneכָּלwho touchesהַנֹּגֵעַa deadבְּמֵתperson,בְּנֶפֶשׁthe body of a human beingהָאָדָםwhoאֲשֶׁרhas died,יָמוּתandוְdoes notלֹאpurify himself,יִתְחַטָּאdefilesטִמֵּאthe dwellingאֶת מִשְׁכַּןof YHWH,יְהוָהand thatהַהִואpersonהַנֶּפֶשׁshall be cut offוְנִכְרְתָהfrom Israel;מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלbecauseכִּיthe waterמֵיof impurityנִדָּהwas notלֹאsplashedזֹרַקon him,עָלָיוhe shall beיִהְיֶהunclean;טָמֵאhis uncleannessטֻמְאָתוֹis stillעוֹדon him.בוֹ
Numbers 19:13
Study it in the app“Everyone 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:13, word by word
- who touchesנֹּגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- a deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- the body of a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- purify himselfיִתְחַטָּאyitchata
purify
To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.
Where else “yitchata” appears- defilesטִמֵּאtime
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “time” appears- the dwellingמִשְׁכַּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- shall be cut offנִכְרְתָהnichrta
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrta” appears- from Israelיִּשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the waterמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of impurityנִדָּהnida
impurity
Something defiling; or water for cleansing.
Where else “nida” appears- splashedזֹרַקzorak
sprinkle, dash
Sprinkle, dash, throw (blood against the altar, water, dust); scatter.
Where else “zorak” appears- he shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- his uncleannessטֻמְאָתtumat
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tumat” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14This is the instruction when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.