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Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; (KJV)

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וְעַ֛לve.'Aland to

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 1

כָּל\־kol-any

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 2

נַפְשֹׁ֥תnaf.Shotcorpses of

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: soul: dead

Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 6:6, Numbers 6:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315M; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 3

מֵ֖תmeta dead [person]

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 4

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 5

יָבֹ֑אya.Vo'he will go

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 6

לְאָבִ֥יוle.'a.Vivfor father his

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 7

וּלְאִמּ֖וֹu.le.'i.Moand for mother his

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 8

לֹ֥אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 9

יִטַּמָּֽא\׃yi.ta.Ma'he will make himself unclean

Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVti3ms)

Meaning: to defile

Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Leviticus 21:11 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He must not	→	לֹא H3808 not
go	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
near any	→	כֹּל H3605 all
dead	→	מוּת H4191 to die
body	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315M soul: dead
he must not	→	לֹא H3808 not
defile himself	→	טָמֵא H2930A to defile
even for his father	→	אָב H0001G father
or mother	→	אֵם H0517 mother

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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