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And for the unclean personלַטָּמֵאthey shall takeוְלָקְחוּsome of the dustמֵעֲפַרof the burningשְׂרֵפַתof the sin offering,הַחַטָּאתand one shall putוְנָתַןlivingחַיִּיםwaterמַיִםon itעָלָיוinאֶלa vessel.כֶּלִי
Numbers 19:17
Study it in the app“And for the unclean person they shall take some of the dust of the burning of the sin offering, and one shall put living water on it in a vessel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:17, word by word
- And for the unclean personטָּמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- they shall takeלָקְחוּlakchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appears- some of the dustעֲפַרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- of the burningשְׂרֵפַתserefat
burning
Burning, fire.
Where else “serefat” appears- of the sin offeringחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- and one shall putנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- livingחַיִּיםchayim
raw
Literally "living": running water, uncooked meat.
Where else “chayim” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- a vesselכֶּלִיkeli
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And a clean man shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the vessels and on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.