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And everyוְכֹלopenפָתוּחַvesselכְּלִיthatאֲשֶׁרhas noאֵיןlidצָמִידfastenedפָּתִילon itעָלָיוisהוּאunclean.טָמֵא
Numbers 19:15
Study it in the app“And every open vessel that has no lid fastened on it is unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:15, word by word
- openפָתוּחַfatuach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fatuach” appears- vesselכְּלִיkeli
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appears- lidצָמִידtsamid
lid
What closes a jar at the top.
Where else “tsamid” appears- fastenedפָּתִילpatil
cord
Cord, twisted thread.
Where else “patil” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And everyone who touches, in the open field, one slain by the sword or a dead body or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.