The Meaning of Leviticus 11:38 Explained

Leviticus 11:38

KJV: But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

YLT: and when water is put on the seed, and any of its carcase hath fallen on it -- unclean it is to you.

Darby: but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

ASV: But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if [any] water  be put  upon the seed,  and [any part] of their carcase  fall  thereon, it [shall be] unclean  unto you. 

What does Leviticus 11:38 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 11:38 mean?

But if is put water on the seed and if [a part] falls of [any such] carcass on it [becomes] unclean it to you -
וְכִ֤י יֻתַּן־ מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־ זֶ֔רַע וְנָפַ֥ל מִנִּבְלָתָ֖ם עָלָ֑יו טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם ס

וְכִ֤י  But  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יֻתַּן־  is  put 
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
מַ֙יִם֙  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
זֶ֔רַע  the  seed 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
וְנָפַ֥ל  and  if  [a  part]  falls 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
מִנִּבְלָתָ֖ם  of  [any  such]  carcass 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְבֵלָה  
Sense: carcass, corpse.
עָלָ֑יו  on  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
טָמֵ֥א  [becomes]  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
לָכֶֽם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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