Leviticus 11:36
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַךְ
ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
מָקוֹר
mâqôwr
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); f...
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
נָגַע
nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive,...
נְבֵלָה
nᵉbêlâh
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָקוֹר mâqôwr
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
Study H4726 →נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
Study H5038 →נָגַע nâgaʻ
properly, 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, d...
Study H5060 →אַךְ ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Study H389 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Study H2930 →Cross References
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
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