Leviticus 21:11
He must not go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother.This verse in the real world
In what words
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 19:14, Lev 21:1–2, Num 6:7, Lev 19:28, Mat 8:21–22, Luk 9:59–60, Mat 12:46–50, Luk 14:26