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“Commandצַוthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלto send outוִישַׁלְּחוּof the campמִן הַמַּחֲנֶהeveryoneכָּלwith leprosy,צָרוּעַand everyoneוְכָלwith a discharge,זָבand everyoneוְכֹלwho is uncleanטָמֵאthrough a corpse.לָנָפֶשׁ
Numbers 5:2
Study it in the app““Command the sons of Israel to send out of the camp everyone with leprosy, and everyone with a discharge, and everyone who is unclean through a corpse.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:2, word by word
- “Commandצַוtsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsav” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to send outישַׁלְּחוּyshalchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yshalchu” appears- of the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- with leprosyצָרוּעַtsarua
have leprosy
Have tsaraat ("leprosy"): a skin disease that made a person unclean (Leviticus 13). It is not exactly the disease called leprosy today.
Where else “tsarua” appears- with a dischargeזָבzav
have a discharge
To have a bodily emission causing uncleanness.
Where else “zav” appears- who is uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- through a corpseנָפֶשׁnafesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafesh” appears
The context
1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Both male and female you shall send out; outside the camp you shall send them, so that they do not make unclean their camps, in the midst of which I dwell.”