Numbers 19:13

“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.”

Numbers 19:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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".

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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.

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