Leviticus 15:18
If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שְׁכָבָהshᵉkâbâha lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
- רָחַץrâchatsto lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- שָׁכַבshâkabto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- אִישׁʼîysha man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lev 15:5, 1Co 6:18, Psa 51:5, Eph 4:17–19, 1Sa 21:4–5, 2Ti 2:22, Heb 13:4, 1Th 4:3–5