Numbers 31:19

“And you, camp outside the camp seven days; everyone who has killed a person and everyone who has touched the slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.”

Numbers 31:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 31:19, word by word

campחֲנוּchanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “chanu” appears
outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

Where else “chuts” appears
the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

Where else “machane” appears
sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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daysיָמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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who has killedהֹרֵגhoreg

kill

Kill, slay.

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a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh

person

Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.

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who has touchedנֹגֵעַnogea

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

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the slainחָלָלchalal

slain

Someone killed or wounded in war.

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purify yourselvesתִּתְחַטְּאוּtitchatu

purify

To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.

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on the third dayשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

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and on the seventh dayשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

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and your captivesשְׁבִיshevi

captive, captivity

Captive, prisoner; captivity.

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The context

18But all the little ones among the women who have not known lying with a male, keep alive for yourselves.

19 · This verse (above)

20And every garment, and every article of skin, and every work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood, you shall purify.”

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