The Meaning of Leviticus 22:5 Explained

Leviticus 22:5

KJV: Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

YLT: or a man who cometh against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness --

Darby: or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,

ASV: or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Or whosoever  toucheth  any creeping thing,  whereby he may be made unclean,  or a man  of whom he may take uncleanness,  whatsoever uncleanness  he hath; 

What does Leviticus 22:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 22

1  The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6  How they shall be cleansed
10  Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17  The sacrifices must be without blemish
26  The age of the sacrifice
29  The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Leviticus 22:5 mean?

Or a man who touches any creeping thing by which would be made unclean he or any person by whom would become unclean he whatever his uncleanness may be
אוֹ־ אִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגַּ֔ע בְּכָל־ שֶׁ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ ל֑וֹ א֤וֹ בְאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ ל֔וֹ לְכֹ֖ל טֻמְאָתֽוֹ

אִישׁ֙  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִגַּ֔ע  touches 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בְּכָל־  any 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
שֶׁ֖רֶץ  creeping  thing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁרֶץ  
Sense: teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  by  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יִטְמָא־  would  be  made  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
בְאָדָם֙  any  person 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  by  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יִטְמָא־  would  become  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
לְכֹ֖ל  whatever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
טֻמְאָתֽוֹ  his  uncleanness  may  be 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: טֻמְאָה  
Sense: uncleanness.

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