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Then the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall washכִבֶּסhis clothesבְּגָדָיוandוְbatheרָחַץhis bodyבְּשָׂרוֹin water,בַּמַּיִםandוְafterwardאַחַרhe may comeיָבוֹאintoאֶלthe camp;הַמַּחֲנֶהand the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall be uncleanטָמֵאuntilעַדthe evening.הָעָרֶב
Numbers 19:7
Study it in the app“Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 19:7, word by word
- Then the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall washכִבֶּסchibes
wash
To wash clothes; or wash from sin.
Where else “chibes” appears- his clothesבְּגָדָיbegaday
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appears- batheרָחַץrachats
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rachats” appears- his bodyבְּשָׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- in waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- he may comeיָבוֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- shall be uncleanטָמֵאtame
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tame” appears- the eveningעָרֶבarev
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
6And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet yarn and throw them into the midst of the burning of the cow.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the one who burns her shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.