The Meaning of Leviticus 15:17 Explained

Leviticus 15:17

KJV: And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

YLT: 'And any garment, or any skin on which there is seed of copulation, hath also been washed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

Darby: And every garment, and every skin, whereon the seed of copulation shall be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

ASV: And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And every garment,  and every skin,  whereon is the seed  of copulation,  shall be washed  with water,  and be unclean  until the even. 

What does Leviticus 15:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 15

1  The uncleanness of men in their issues
13  The cleansing of them
19  The uncleanness of women in their issues
28  Their cleansing

What do the individual words in Leviticus 15:17 mean?

And any garment leather on which there is - of copulation semen and it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening -
וְכָל־ בֶּ֣גֶד ע֔וֹר אֲשֶׁר־ יִהְיֶ֥ה עָלָ֖יו שִׁכְבַת־ זָ֑רַע וְכֻבַּ֥ס בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־ הָעָֽרֶב פ

וְכָל־  And  any 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בֶּ֣גֶד  garment 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
ע֔וֹר  leather 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
אֲשֶׁר־  on  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יִהְיֶ֥ה  there  is 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עָלָ֖יו  - 
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.
שִׁכְבַת־  of  copulation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שִׁכְבָה  
Sense: act of lying, layer, coating.
זָ֑רַע  semen 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
וְכֻבַּ֥ס  and  it  shall  be  washed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Pual, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּבַס  
Sense: to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller.
בַּמַּ֖יִם  with  water 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
וְטָמֵ֥א  and  be  unclean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, 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.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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