The Meaning of Leviticus 11:24 Explained

Leviticus 11:24

KJV: And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

YLT: 'And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

Darby: And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

ASV: And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And for these ye shall be unclean:  whosoever toucheth  the carcase  of them shall be unclean  until the even. 

What does Leviticus 11:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 11

1  What animals may be eaten
4  and what may not be eaten
9  What fishes
13  What fowls
29  The creeping things which are unclean

What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:24 mean?

And by these you shall become unclean whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening
וּלְאֵ֖לֶּה תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ כָּל־ הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם יִטְמָ֥א עַד־ הָעָֽרֶב

וּלְאֵ֖לֶּה  And  by  these 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּ  you  shall  become  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
כָּל־  whoever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ  touches 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בְּנִבְלָתָ֖ם  the  carcass  of  any  of  them 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְבֵלָה  
Sense: carcass, corpse.
יִטְמָ֥א  shall  be  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
עַד־  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
הָעָֽרֶב  evening 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.