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Leviticus 11:38

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

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וְכִ֤יvekhiand assuredכִּיconjunction, conjunction — “and assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יֻתַּןyutangiveנָתַןverb, hophal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…מַ֨יִם֙mayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…זֶ֔רַעzeraseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “seed”, the ordinary formH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.וְנָפַ֥לvenafaland fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fall”, a completed action in a sequenceH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…מִנִּבְלָתָ֖םminivlatamfrom 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.עָלָ֑יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…טָמֵ֥אtamedefiledטָמֵאadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “defiled”, the ordinary formH2931foul in a religious sensedefiled, [phrase] infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.ה֖וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.לָכֶֽםlakhemtoלָכֶֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

Young’s Literal Translation

and when water is put on the seed, and [any] of its carcase hath fallen on it — unclean it [is] to you.

World English Bible

But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

Darby Translation

but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

Douay-Rheims

But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But if water be poured on any seed, and one of their dead bodies fall upon it, it is unclean to you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιχυθῇ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ πᾶν σπέρμα, καὶ ἐπιπέσῃ τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν ἐπʼ αὐτό, ἀκάθαρτόν ἐστιν ὑμῖν.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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