Study it in the app“And those men said to him, “We are unclean through a dead human being. Why should we be kept back from presenting the offering of YHWH at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?””
And thoseהָהֵמָּהmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Weאֲנַחְנוּare uncleanטְמֵאִיםthrough a deadלְנֶפֶשׁhuman being.אָדָםWhyלָמָּהshould we be kept backנִגָּרַעfromלְבִלְתִּיpresentingהַקְרִבthe offeringאֶת קָרְבַּןof YHWHיְהוָהat its appointed timeבְּמֹעֲדוֹamongבְּתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel?”יִשְׂרָאֵל
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsunclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “temeim” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearshold back
To keep something back, pull it away.
Where else “nigara” appearsbring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hakriv” appearsoffering
Offering (qorban): what is "brought near" to God. It comes from the verb "bring near" and is the general word for any offering; Jesus mentions it in Mark 7:11.
Where else “karban” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsappointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moad” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appears6But there were men who were unclean through a dead human being, and they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
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8And Moses said to them, “Wait, and let me hear what YHWH commands concerning you.”
