Numbers 8:7

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכֹֽה־תַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְטֽ͏ַהֲרָ֔ם הַזֵּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מֵ֣י חַטָּ֑את וְהֶעֱבִ֤ירוּ תַ֙עַר֙ עַל־כָּל־בְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְכִבְּס֥וּ בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

And thus taʿăśeh to them to ləṭahărām hazzēh upon them mê ḥaṭṭāʾṯ wə-heʿĕḇîrû taʿar upon all bəśārām wə-ḵibbəsû ḇiḡḏêhem wə-hiṭṭehārû

Grammar Details

• *taʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall do
• *ləṭahărām*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to cleanse them
• *hazzēh*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - sprinkle
• *mê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - waters of
• *ḥaṭṭāʾṯ*: common noun, feminine singular - purification/sin
• *wə-heʿĕḇîrû*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they shall pass/cause to pass
• *taʿar*: common noun, masculine singular - razor
• *bəśārām*: common noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their flesh/body
• *wə-ḵibbəsû*: conjunction + Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they shall wash
• *ḇiḡḏêhem*: common noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their garments
• *wə-hiṭṭehārû*: conjunction + Hithpael perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they shall purify themselves

Word Meanings

• *taʿăśeh*: you shall do/perform/carry out
• *ləṭahărām*: to cleanse them/purify them/make them ceremonially clean
• *hazzēh*: sprinkle/splash/scatter
• *mê*: water(s) of
• *ḥaṭṭāʾṯ*: purification/sin/sin offering
• *wə-heʿĕḇîrû*: and they shall pass/move/run
• *taʿar*: razor/knife/cutting instrument
• *bəśārām*: their flesh/body/skin
• *wə-ḵibbəsû*: and they shall wash/clean/launder
• *wə-hiṭṭehārû*: and they shall purify themselves/cleanse themselves

Referenced Verses

• Num 19:13 : 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
• Lev 8:6 : 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
• Lev 14:7-9 : 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
• Lev 15:6 : 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• Lev 15:10-11 : 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• Lev 15:27 : 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• Lev 16:28 : 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
• Num 19:7-9 : 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
• Gen 35:2 : 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Exod 19:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
• Num 19:17-19 : 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
• Num 31:20 : 20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
• Ps 51:2 : 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
• Ps 51:7 : 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Isa 52:15 : 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
• Heb 9:10 : 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
• Heb 9:13 : 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.