Leviticus 14:52

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחִטֵּ֣א אֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת בְּדַם֙ הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וּבַמַּ֖יִם הַֽחַיִּ֑ים וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַחַיָּ֗ה וּבְעֵ֥ץ הָאֶ֛רֶז וּבָאֵזֹ֖ב וּבִשְׁנִ֥י הַתּוֹלָֽעַת׃

Transliteration

And ḥiṭṭēʾ ʾet-the-bayit with-dam the-ṣippôr and-with-the-mayim the-ḥayyîm and-with-the-ṣippōr the-ḥayyâ and-with-ʿēṣ the-ʾerez and-with-the-ʾēzōb and-with-šənî the-tôlāʿat.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *ḥiṭṭēʾ*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall purify/cleanse
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ha-bayit*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the house
• *bə-dam*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with blood of
• *ha-ṣippôr*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the bird
• *û-ba-mayim*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and with the water
• *ha-ḥayyîm*: definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the living
• *û-ba-ṣippōr*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and with the bird
• *ha-ḥayyâ*: definite article + adjective, feminine singular - the living
• *û-bə-ʿēṣ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and with wood of
• *hā-ʾerez*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the cedar
• *û-bā-ʾēzōb*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and with the hyssop
• *û-bi-šənî*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and with scarlet of
• *ha-tôlāʿat*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the worm/scarlet material

Word Meanings

• *ḥiṭṭēʾ*: purify/cleanse/decontaminate
• *dam ha-ṣippôr*: blood of the bird
• *mayim ha-ḥayyîm*: living water/fresh water/running water
• *ṣippōr ha-ḥayyâ*: living bird/live bird
• *ʿēṣ hā-ʾerez*: cedar wood/cedar timber
• *ʾēzōb*: hyssop/aromatic herb
• *šənî ha-tôlāʿat*: crimson yarn/scarlet material/scarlet thread

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he shall canse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scart:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and clense the housse with the bloude of the byrde, and with the runninge water, ad with the lyuyng byrde, ad with the cypresse wodd, ad the ysope ad the purple cloth

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and so shal he purifie the house with the bloude of the byrde, with the springinge water, with the lyuinge byrde, with the Ceder wodd, with the ysope, and with the purple woll.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So shall hee clense the house with ye blood of the sparowe, & with the pure water, and with the liue sparowe, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssope, and with the skarlet lace.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he shall clense the house with the blood of ye birde, & with the running water, with the liuing birde, with the ceder wood, & the ysope, and the scarlet lase.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So he is to purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric,