And you,וְאַתֶּםcampחֲנוּoutsideמִחוּץthe campלַמַּחֲנֶהsevenשִׁבְעַתdays;יָמִיםeveryoneכֹּלwho has killedהֹרֵגa personנֶפֶשׁand everyoneוְכֹלwho has touchedנֹגֵעַthe slain,בֶּחָלָלpurify yourselvesתִּתְחַטְּאוּon the third dayבַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁיand on the seventh day,וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִיyouאַתֶּםand your captives.וּשְׁבִיכֶם
Numbers 31:19
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- who has killedהֹרֵגhoreg
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “horeg” appears- a personנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- who has touchedנֹגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- the slainחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears- purify yourselvesתִּתְחַטְּאוּtitchatu
purify
To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.
Where else “titchatu” appears- on the third dayשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi
third
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appears- and on the seventh dayשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- and your captivesשְׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears
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.”