Leviticus 11:24

American Standard Version (1901)

And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְאֵ֖לֶּה תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ כָּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

And by ʾēlleh you shall tiṭṭammāʾû, all hannōgēaʿ with their nəbēlâ shall yiṭmāʾ until the ʿāreb.

Grammar Details

• *ûləʾēlleh*: conjunction + preposition + demonstrative pronoun, 'and by these'
• *tiṭṭammāʾû*: hitpael imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, 'you shall become unclean'
• *kol*: noun in construct, 'all/every'
• *hannōgēaʿ*: definite article + qal participle masculine singular, 'the one touching'
• *bənibəlâtām*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix, 'with their carcass'
• *yiṭmāʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, 'he shall be unclean'
• *ʿad-hāʿāreb*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun, 'until the evening'

Word Meanings

• *tiṭṭammāʾû*: become unclean, be defiled, be ritually impure
• *nōgēaʿ*: one touching, one who comes in contact with
• *nəbēlâ*: carcass, dead body, corpse
• *yiṭmāʾ*: be unclean, be impure, be defiled
• *ʿāreb*: evening, sunset

Referenced Verses

• Lev 11:8 : 8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
• Lev 11:27-28 : 27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
• Lev 11:31 : 31 These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
• Lev 11:38-40 : 38 But if water be put upon the seed, and [aught] of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
• Lev 17:15-16 : 15 And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
• Isa 22:14 : 14 And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
• Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--
• Eph 5:11 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
• Col 2:16-17 : 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: 17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
• Col 2:20 : 20 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,
• Heb 9:26 : 26 else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• 1 John 1:7 : 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.