Leviticus 5:2
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.Leviticus 5:2 in the real world
In what words
- שֶׁרֶץsheretsa swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
- עָלַםʻâlamto veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
- נְבֵלָהnᵉbêlâha flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figurati
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼfoul in a religious sense
- נָגַעnâgaʻproperly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lev 5:17, Deu 14:8, Hag 2:13, Num 19:11–16, Lev 11:24–40, Lev 11:11, Lev 7:21, Lev 4:13