Leviticus 5:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Or if he touch the uncanness of man, whatsoever uncanness it be that a man shall be defid withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֣וֹ כִ֤י יִגַּע֙ בְּטֻמְאַ֣ת אָדָ֔ם לְכֹל֙ טֻמְאָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִטְמָ֖א בָּ֑הּ וְנֶעְלַ֣ם מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְה֥וּא יָדַ֖ע וְאָשֵֽׁם׃

Transliteration

Or when yiggaʿ in-ṭumʾaṯ ʾādām to-all ṭumʾāṯô which yiṭmāʾ in-her and-neʿlam from-him and-he yādaʿ and-ʾāšēm

Grammar Details

• *yiggaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he touches/will touch
• *ṭumʾaṯ*: noun, feminine, singular construct - uncleanness of
• *ʾādām*: noun, masculine, singular - man/mankind/person
• *ṭumʾāṯô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his uncleanness
• *yiṭmāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he becomes unclean
• *neʿlam*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it was hidden/concealed
• *yādaʿ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he knew
• *ʾāšēm*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he became guilty

Word Meanings

• *yiggaʿ*: touches/comes in contact with
• *ṭumʾaṯ*: uncleanness/impurity/defilement of
• *ʾādām*: man/human/person/mankind
• *ṭumʾāṯô*: his uncleanness/impurity
• *yiṭmāʾ*: becomes unclean/defiled/impure
• *neʿlam*: was hidden/concealed/forgotten from
• *yādaʿ*: knows/realizes/recognizes
• *ʾāšēm*: becomes guilty/bears guilt/is held responsible

Referenced Verses

• Lev 12:1-8 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be uncan seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be uncan. 3 And in the eighth day the fsh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfild. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be uncan two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfild, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtdove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernac of the congregation, unto the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a ma or a fema. 8 And if she be not ab to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turts, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be can.
• Lev 15:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his fsh, because of his issue he is uncan. 3 And this shall be his uncanness in his issue: whether his fsh run with his issue, or his fsh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncanness. 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is uncan: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be uncan. 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even. 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 uncan until the even. 7 And he that toucheth the fsh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is can; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even. 9 And what sadd soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be uncan. 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be uncan until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan 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 uncan until the even. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue is cansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his fsh in running water, and shall be can. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtdoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernac of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. 16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his fsh in water, and be uncan until the even. 17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be uncan until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be uncan until the even. 19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her fsh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be uncan until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be uncan: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be uncan. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be uncan until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be uncan seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be uncan. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be uncan. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be uncan, as the uncanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be uncan, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be uncan until the even. 28 But if she be cansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be can. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turts, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernac of the congregation. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncanness. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncanness; that they die not in their uncanness, when they defi my tabernac that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defid therewith; 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is uncan.
• Num 19:11-16 : 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 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. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
• Lev 22:4-6 : 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a per, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be can. And whoso toucheth any thing that is uncan by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made uncan, or a man of whom he may take uncanness, whatsoever uncanness he hath; 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be uncan until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unss he wash his fsh with water.