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Leviticus 14:52

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

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וְחִטֵּ֣אvechiteand by faultחָטָאconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and by fault”, a completed action in a sequenceH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַבַּ֔יִתhabayitthe familyבַּיִתdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…בְּדַם֙bedamin blood , innocentדָּםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.הַצִּפּ֔וֹרhatsiporthe birdצִפּוֹרdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.וּבַמַּ֖יִםuvamayimand in waterמַיִםconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and in water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).הַֽחַיִּ֑יםhachayimthe lifeחַיdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “the life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וּבַצִּפֹּ֣רuvatsiporand in birdצִפּוֹרconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and in bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.הַחַיָּ֗הhachayahthe lifeחַיdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “the life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וּבְעֵ֥ץuveetsand in treeעֵץconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe cedarאֶרֶזdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the cedar”, the ordinary formH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).וּבָאֵזֹ֖בuvaezovand in hyssopאֵזוֹבconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in hyssop”, the ordinary formH231hyssophyssop.וּבִשְׁנִ֥יuvishniand in crimsonשָׁנִיconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in crimson”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8144crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itcrimson, scarlet (thread).הַתּוֹלָֽעַתhatolaatthe crimsonתּוֹלָעdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the crimson”, the ordinary formH8438the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewithcrimson, scarlet, worm.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

Young’s Literal Translation

'And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

World English Bible

He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

Darby Translation

and he shall purge the house from the defilement with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

Douay-Rheims

And shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφαγνιεῖ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ ὀρνιθίου, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι τῷ ζῶντι, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀρνιθίῳ τῷ ζῶντι, καὶ ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ τῷ κεδρίνῳ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ ἐν τῷ κεκλωσμένῳ κοκκίνῳ.