Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 19:16 Interlinear

And whosoever toucheth in the open fields one that is slain with a sword or a dead body or a bone of a man or a grave shall be unclean seven days

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְכֹ֨לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
3יִגַּ֜עH5060And whosoever touchethproperly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
4עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5פְּנֵ֣יH6440in the openthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
6הַשָּׂדֶ֗הH7704fieldsa field (as flat)
7בַּֽחֲלַלH2491one that is slainpierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
8חֶ֙רֶב֙H2719with a sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
9א֣וֹH176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
10בְמֵ֔תH4191or a dead bodyto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
11אֽוֹH176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
12בְעֶ֥צֶםH6106or a bonea bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
13אָדָ֖םH120of a manruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
14א֣וֹH176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
15בְקָ֑בֶרH6913or a gravea sepulcher
16יִטְמָ֖אH2930shall be uncleanto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
17שִׁבְעַ֥תH7651sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
18יָמִֽים׃H3117daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

Verse Context

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Numbers 19:16 (current) And whosoever toucheth in the open fields one that is slain with a sword or a dead body or a bone of a man or a grave shall be unclean seven days
Numbers 19:17person they shall take And for an unclean of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin shall be put...

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