The Meaning of Leviticus 11:31 Explained

Leviticus 11:31

KJV: These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

YLT: these are the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.

Darby: These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

ASV: These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [are] unclean  to you among all that creep:  whosoever doth touch  them, when they be dead,  shall be unclean  until the even. 

What does Leviticus 11:31 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 11:31 mean?

These [are] unclean to you among all that creep Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening
אֵ֛לֶּה הַטְּמֵאִ֥ים לָכֶ֖ם בְּכָל־ הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ כָּל־ הַנֹּגֵ֧עַ בָּהֶ֛ם בְּמֹתָ֖ם יִטְמָ֥א עַד־ הָעָֽרֶב

אֵ֛לֶּה  These 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
הַטְּמֵאִ֥ים  [are]  unclean 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
לָכֶ֖ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
בְּכָל־  among  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ  that  creep 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁרֶץ  
Sense: teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers.
כָּל־  Whoever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַנֹּגֵ֧עַ  touches 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בְּמֹתָ֖ם  when  they  are  dead 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
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.

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