King James Version

Leviticus 11:24

And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

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וּלְאֵ֖לֶּהuleelehand to theseאֵלֶּהconjunction, preposition, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “and to these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).תִּטַּמָּ֑אוּtitamavbe uncleanטָמֵאverb, hithpael, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be unclean”, an unfinished actionH2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַנֹּגֵ֥עַhanogeathe reachנָגַעdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the reach”, a verb used as a describing wordH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.בְּנִבְלָתָ֖םbenivlatamin carcaseנְבֵלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in carcase”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5038a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.יִטְמָ֥אyitmabe uncleanטָמֵאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be unclean”, an unfinished actionH2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.הָעָֽרֶבhaarevthe evenעֶרֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the even”, the ordinary formH6153dusk[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

World English Bible

“‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

Darby Translation

And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Douay-Rheims

And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And by these ye shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐν τούτοις μιανθήσεσθε· πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν, ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας.