King James Version

Leviticus 11:25

And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and 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).הַנֹּשֵׂ֖אhanosethe lift upנָשָׂאdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…מִנִּבְלָתָ֑םminivlatamfrom carcaseנְבֵלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from 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.יְכַבֵּ֥סyekhabeswashכָּבַסverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “wash”, an unfinished actionH3526to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurativefuller, wash(-ing).בְּגָדָ֖יוbegadayvapparelבֶּגֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.וְטָמֵ֥אvetameand be uncleanטָמֵאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be unclean”, a completed action in a sequenceH2930to 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 whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Young’s Literal Translation

and anyone who is lifting up [aught] of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: —

World English Bible

Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

Darby Translation

And whoever carrieth [ought] of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

Douay-Rheims

And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead, he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πᾶς ὁ αἴρων τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν, πλυνεῖ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας.