Leviticus 22:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
a personנֶ֚פֶשׁ
(ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
touchesתִּגַּע־
(tig·ga-)
5060: to touch, reach, strikea prim. root
any such shall be uncleanוְטָמְאָ֖ה
(ve·ta·me·'ah)
2930: to be or become uncleana prim. root
untilעַד־
(ad-)
5704: as far as, even to, up to, until, whilefrom adah
evening,הָעָ֑רֶב
(ha·'a·rev;)
6153: eveningfrom an unused word
and shall not eatיֹאכַל֙
(yo·chal)
398: to eata prim. root
of the holyהַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים
(hak·ko·da·shim,)
6944: apartness, sacrednessfrom an unused word
[gifts] unlessכִּ֛י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
he has bathedרָחַ֥ץ
(ra·chatz)
7364: to wash, wash off or away, bathea prim. root
his bodyבְּשָׂרֹ֖ו
(be·sa·rov)
1320: fleshfrom basar
in water.בַּמָּֽיִם׃
(bam·ma·yim.)
4325: waters, watera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
The soul
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)
which hath touched
naga`  (naw-gah')
beat, (be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
any such shall be unclean
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.
until even
`ereb  (eh'-reb)
dusk -- + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
and shall not eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
of the holy things
qodesh  (ko'-desh)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity -- consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (most) holy (day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
unless
'im  (eem)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when;
he wash
rachats  (raw-khats')
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) -- bathe (self), wash (self).
his flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
with water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.

King James Bible
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

International Standard Version
such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water.

NET Bible
the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy offerings unless he has washed himself.

King James 2000 Bible
The soul which has touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.
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