The Meaning of Leviticus 11:37 Explained

Leviticus 11:37

KJV: And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

YLT: and when any of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown -- it is clean;

Darby: And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;

ASV: And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if [any part] of their carcase  fall  upon any sowing  seed  which is to be sown,  it [shall be] clean. 

What does Leviticus 11:37 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 11:37 mean?

And if falls a part of [any such] carcass on any seed planting which is to be sown [remains] clean it
וְכִ֤י יִפֹּל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם עַל־ כָּל־ זֶ֥רַע זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא

וְכִ֤י  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יִפֹּל֙  falls 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
מִנִּבְלָתָ֔ם  a  part  of  [any  such]  carcass 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְבֵלָה  
Sense: carcass, corpse.
כָּל־  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
זֶ֥רַע  seed 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
זֵר֖וּעַ  planting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֵרוּעַ  
Sense: that which is sown, sowing, thing sown.
יִזָּרֵ֑עַ  is  to  be  sown 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: זָרַע  
Sense: to sow, scatter seed.
טָה֖וֹר  [remains]  clean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָהֹור  
Sense: pure, clean.

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