Leviticus 11:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase 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 shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
• Lev 11:27-28 : 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
• Lev 11:31 : 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
• Lev 11:38-40 : 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
• Lev 17:15-16 : 15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both 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 it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
• Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
• Eph 5:11 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
• Col 2:16-17 : 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
• Col 2:20 : 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
• Heb 9:26 : 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.