Leviticus 17:15
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
זֶה
zeh
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
טְרֵפָה
ṭᵉrêphâh
prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
רָחַץ
râchats
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →חַי chay
alive; 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
Study H2416 →Cross References
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto...
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable...
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and sha...
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until th...
And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
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