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Leviticus 11:31

These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

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אֵ֛לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).הַטְּמֵאִ֥יםhatmeimthe defiledטָמֵאdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “the defiled”, the ordinary formH2931foul in a religious sensedefiled, [phrase] infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.לָכֶ֖םlakhemtoלָכֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toבְּכָלbekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in 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).הַשָּׁ֑רֶץhasharetsthe creepשֶׁרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the creep”, the ordinary formH8318a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animalscreep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).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).הַנֹּגֵ֧עַhanogeathe 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.בָּהֶ֛םbaheminבָּהֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inבְּמֹתָ֖םbemotamin deadמָוֶתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in dead”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).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)

These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

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American Standard Version (1901)

These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Young’s Literal Translation

these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.

World English Bible

These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

Darby Translation

These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Douay-Rheims

All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ταῦτα ἀκάθαρτα ὑμῖν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῶν τεθνηκότων, ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἕως ἑσπέρας.