The Meaning of Leviticus 22:4 Explained

Leviticus 22:4

KJV: What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

YLT: Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue -- of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him,

Darby: Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;

ASV: What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

What man soever  of the seed  of Aaron  [is] a leper,  or hath a running issue;  he shall not eat  of the holy things,  until he be clean.  And whoso toucheth  any thing [that is] unclean  [by] the dead,  or a man  whose seed  goeth  from him; 

What does Leviticus 22:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 22

1  The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6  How they shall be cleansed
10  Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17  The sacrifices must be without blemish
26  The age of the sacrifice
29  The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Leviticus 22:4 mean?

A man whatever man of the descendants of Aaron and [who] is a leper or has a discharge the holy offerings not shall eat until that he is clean And whoever touches anything made unclean [by] a corpse a man whom goes out from an emission semen
אִ֣ישׁ אִ֞ישׁ מִזֶּ֣רַע אַהֲרֹ֗ן וְה֤וּא צָר֙וּעַ֙ א֣וֹ זָ֔ב בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙ לֹ֣א יֹאכַ֔ל עַ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְהָ֑ר וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּכָל־ טְמֵא־ נֶ֔פֶשׁ אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־ זָֽרַע

אִ֣ישׁ  A  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִ֞ישׁ  whatever  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מִזֶּ֣רַע  of  the  descendants 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
אַהֲרֹ֗ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
וְה֤וּא  and  [who]  is 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
צָר֙וּעַ֙  a  leper 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: צָרַע  
Sense: to be diseased of skin, be leprous.
זָ֔ב  has  a  discharge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: זוּב  
Sense: to flow, gush, issue, discharge.
בַּקֳּדָשִׁים֙  the  holy  offerings 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
יֹאכַ֔ל  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
עַ֖ד  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יִטְהָ֑ר  he  is  clean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙  And  whoever  touches 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בְּכָל־  anything 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
טְמֵא־  made  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
נֶ֔פֶשׁ  [by]  a  corpse 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
אִ֔ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֲשֶׁר־  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
תֵּצֵ֥א  goes  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
שִׁכְבַת־  an  emission 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שִׁכְבָה  
Sense: act of lying, layer, coating.
זָֽרַע  semen 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.