Leviticus 21:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
norלֹ֣א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
shall he approachיָבֹ֑א
(ya·vo;)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
anyכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
deadמֵ֖ת
(met)
4191: to diea prim. root
person,נַפְשֹׁ֥ת
(naf·shot)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
norלֹ֥א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
defileיִטַּמָּֽא׃
(yit·tam·ma.)
2930: to be or become uncleana prim. root
himself [even] for his fatherלְאָבִ֥יו
(le·'a·viv)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
or his mother;וּלְאִמֹּ֖ו
(u·le·'im·mov)
517: a motherfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Neither shall he go in
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to any dead
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
body
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
nor defile
tame'  (taw-may')
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated) -- defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, utterly.
himself for his father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
or for his mother
'em  (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

King James Bible
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.

International Standard Version
He is not to come near any dead body—whether the deceased is his father or his mother—so as not to defile himself.

NET Bible
He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He must never go near any dead bodies or become unclean, even for his father or mother.

King James 2000 Bible
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
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