Leviticus 5:3

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Ether when he toucheth any vnclennesse of ma (what soeuer vnclennesse it be that a man is defyled with all) and is not warre of it and afterwarde cometh to the knowlege of it, he is a trespaser.

📖 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 Lorde spake vnto Moses and sayde: 2 speake vnto the childern of Israel ad saye: whe a woma hath conceaued ad hath borne a man childe, she shalbe vnclene.vij. dayes: euen in like maner as when she is put aparte in tyme of hir naturall disease. 3 And in the viij. daye the flesh of the childes foreskynne shalbe cut awaye. 4 And she shall cotynue in the bloude of hir purifienge.xxxiij. dayes, she shal twytch no halowed thinge nor come in to the sanctuary, vntyll the tyme of hir purifienge be out. 5 Yf she bere a maydehilde, then she shalbe vnclene two wekes as when she hath hir naturall disease. And she shall contynue in the bloude of hir purifienge.lxvj. dayes. 6 And when the dayes of hir purifienge are out: whether it be a sonne or a doughter, she shall brynge a lambe of one yere olde for a burntoffrynge and a yonge pigeon or a turtill doue for a synneoffrynge vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse vnto the preast: 7 which shall offer them before the Lorde and make an attonement for her, and so she shalbe purged of hir yssue of bloude. This is the lawe of her that hath borne a childe, whether it be male or female. 8 But and yf she be not able to bringe a shepe, then let her brynge two turtyls or two yonge pigeons: the one for the burntofferynge, and the other for the synneofferynge. And the preast shall make an attonement for her, ad she shalbe clene.
• Lev 15:1-9 : 1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge, 2 speake vnto the children of Israel and saye vnto them: euery ma that hath a runnynge yssue in his flesh, is vncleane by the reason of his yssue. 3 And hereby shall it be knowne when he is vncleane. Yf his fleshe runne, or yf his flesh congele by the reason off his yssue, than he is vncleane. 4 Euery couche whereon he lyeth ad euery thinge whereon he sytteth shalbe vnclean 5 He that twicheth his couch, shall wassh his clothes ad bath him selfe with water, ad be vncleane vntyll the euen. 6 He that sytteth on that whereon he satt, shall wassh his clothes and bathe him selfe with water and be vncleane vntill the euenyng 7 And he that twicheth his flesh shall wasshe his clothes and bathe him selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen. 8 Yf any soch spytt apon him that is cleane, he must wasshe his clothes and bathe him selfe in water and be vncleane vntill euen. 9 And what soeuer sadell that he rydeth apo, shalbe vncleane. 10 And whosoeuer twicheth any thinge that was vnder him, shalbe vncleane vnto the eue. And he that beareth any soch thinges shall wassh his clothes ad batbe hi self in water ad be vncleane vnto the eue, 11 ad whosoeuer he twicheth (yf he haue not first washed his handes in water) must wasshe his clothes, ad bathe him selfe in water, ad be vncleane vnto the euenynge. 12 And yf he twych a vessell off erth, it shalbe broken: and all vessels of wodd shalbe rensed in the water. 13 When he that hath an yssue is clensed of his yssue, let him numbre.vij. dayes after he is cleane, ad wasshe his clothes, and bathe his fleshe in runnynge water, ad then he is cleane. 14 And the.viij. daye let him take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons, and come before the Lorde vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse ad geue them vnto the preast. 15 And the preast shall offer them: the one for a synneofferynge, and the other for a burntofferynge: and make an attonement for him before the Lord, as cocernynge his yssue. 16 Yf any mans seed departe fro him in his slepe, he shall wassh his flesh in water ad be vncleane vntill eue. 17 And all the clothes or furres whereon soch seed chaunceth shalbe washed with water ad be vncleane vnto the eue. 18 And yf a woma lye with soche a whone, they shall wash the selues with water and be vncleane vntyll even. 19 Whe a womas naturall course of bloud runeth, she shalbe put aparte.vij. dayes: ad whosoeuer twycheth her shalbe vncleane vnto the eue. 20 And all that she lyeth apo as longe as she is put aparte shalbe vnclene. 21 And whosoeuer twicheth hir couch shall wash his clothes and bathe hi selfe with water ad be vncleane vnto the eue. 22 And whosoeuer twicheth any thinge that she satt apo, shall wassh his clothes ad washe him selfe also in water, ad be vncleane vnto the eue: 23 so that whether he twich hir couche or any thige whereo she hath sete, he shalbe vnclene uto the eue. 24 ad yf a ma lye with her in the meane tyme, he shalbe put aparte as well as she ad shalbe vncleane.vij. dayes, ad all his couch wherein he slepeth shalbe vncleane. 25 When a womans bloude runneth longe tyme: whether out of the tyme of hyr naturall course: as longe as hir vnclennesse runneth, she shalbe vncleane after the maner as when she is put aparte. 26 All hir couches whereon she lyeth (as loge as hir yssue lasteth) shalbe vnto her as hir couch when she is put a parte. And what soeuer she sytteth apon, shalbe vncleane, as is hir vnclennesse whe she is put a parte. 27 And whosoeuer twicheth them, shalbe vncleane, ad shall wasshe his clothes ad bathe him selfe in water ad be vncleane vnto euen. 28 And when she it clensed of hyr yssue, let hyr counte hir seuen dayes after that she is cleane. 29 And the.viij daye let her take two turtils or two yonge pigeons and brynge them vnto the preast vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse. 30 And the preast shall offer the one for a synneoffrynge, and the other for a burntofferynge: and so make an attonement for her before the Lorde. as concernynge hir vncleane yssue. 31 Make the childern of Israel to kepe them selues fro their vnclenesse, that they dye not in their vnclenesse: whe they haue defiled my habitacion that is amonge them. 32 This is the lawe of him that hath a runninge sore, and of him whose seed runneth from him in his slepe and is defiled therewith, 33 and of her that hath an yssue of bloude as longe as she is put a parte, and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge sore whether it be man or woman, and of him that slepeth with her that is vncleane.
• Num 19:11-16 : 11 Be that twycheth any deed persone shalbe vncleane.vij. dayes. 12 And he shall purifye him selfe with the asshes the thyrde daye ad then he shalbe cleane the seuenth daye. And yf the purifye not himselfe the thyrde daye the the seuenth daye he shall not be cleane. 13 Who soeuer twicheth any persone yt dyeth and sprynkleth not him selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the Lorde: ad therfore that soule shalbe roted out of Israel because he hath not sprynkled the sprynklynge water vppon him. he shalbe vncleane and his vnclennesse shall remayne vppon him. 14 This is the lawe of the man that dyeth in in a tent: all that come in to the tent and all yt is in the tent shalbe vncleane.vij dayes. 15 And all the vessels that be ope which haue no lyd nor couerynge apon them are vncleane. 16 And who soeuer twicheth one that is slayne with a swerde in the feldes or a deed persone or a bone of a deed man or a graue: shall be vncleane.vij. dayes.
• Lev 22:4-6 : 4 None of the seed of Aaron that is a leper or that hath a runnynge sore shall eate of the halowed thinges vntill he be cleane. And whosoeuer twytcheth any vncleane soule or man whose seed runneth fro him by nyghte, 5 or whosoeuer twitcheth any worme that is vncleane to him or man that is vncleane to him what soeuer vnclennesse he hath: 6 the same soule that hath twyched any soch thynge shalbe vncleane vntill euen and shall not eate of the halowed thynges vntill he haue wasshed his flesh with water.