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And everythingוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרthe unclean personהַטָּמֵאtouchesיִגַּע בּוֹshall be unclean,יִטְמָאandוְthe personהַנֶּפֶשׁwho touches itהַנֹּגַעַתshall be uncleanתִּטְמָאuntilעַדthe evening.’”הָעָרֶב
Numbers 19:22
Study it in the app“And everything that the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and the person who touches it shall be unclean until the evening.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:22, word by word
- the unclean personטָּמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- touchesיִגַּעyiga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yiga” appears- shall be uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears- the personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- the evening.’עָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears
The context
21And it shall be for them a statute forever. And the one who sprinkles the water of impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of impurity shall be unclean until the evening.
22 · This verse (above)