Leviticus 11:24

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ולאלה וּלְאֵלֶּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אלה

ʼâlâh

Definition

an imprecation

Root

from H422 (אלה);

Exhaustive

from אלה; an imprecation; curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H423

אלה

ʼêlâh

Definition

an oak or other strong tree

Root

feminine of H352 (איל);

Exhaustive

lemma אלה first vowel, corrected to אלה; feminine of איל; an oak or other strong tree; elm, oak, teil-tree.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H424

אלה

ʼêl-leh

Definition

these or those

Root

prolonged from H411 (אל);

Exhaustive

prolonged from אל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H428

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָלָה

verb • Root אל • Strongs_Numbers • Page 132

I. 1. To be strong, powerful, stout (intr.); 2. To strengthen, to swear, confirm by an oath (tr.); 3. To curse (not used); 4. To be fat.

אָלָה

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 132

1. An oath (allied in sense is שְׁבֻעָה); 2. A covenant confirmed by an oath; 3. Curse, imprecation, connected with exclamations of swearing.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֵלֶּה

pronoun • Page 51

these, employed as the plural of זֶה (zeh) and זאת (zot). Ref: Judg. 6:11, 19; 1 Sam. 17:2, 19; 2 Sam. 18:9, 14; Ezek. 31:14.

אֵלֶּה

chald. pron. plur. • Page 51

Chaldee equivalent of the Hebrew אֵלֶּה (these). Ref: Jer. 10:11.

אָלָה

f. verbal / dec. x • Root אלה • Page 50

1. oath; 2. particularly a covenant confirmed by an oath (Gen. 26:28); 3. imprecation, curse (Num. 5:21).

אָלָה

verb • Page 50

1. to swear (1 K. 8:31); 2. to curse (Judg. 17:2). Hiph. to cause to swear (1 K. 8:31).

אָלָה

verb • Page 50

to lament (Joel 1:8). Equivalent to Syriac usage.

אֵלָה

f. verbal / dec. x • Root אל • Page 50

turpentine-tree, pistacia terebinthus. A common tree in Palestine growing to considerable height with evergreen leaves and clustering fruit (Gen. 35:4).

Conjunction, Preposition, Particle demonstrative

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0423:

No stats available

H0424:

No stats available

H0428:

No stats available

תטמאו תִּטַּמָּאוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

טמא

ṭâmêʼ

Definition

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated); defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2930

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 561

Intransitive verb. Properly, to be muddy, dark, obscure, black. Metaphorically, to be dirty, rancid, stinking; to be unclean in a Levitical sense. Figuratively, to be desecrated, to be spiritually unclean.

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 562

A verb with multiple stems. Piel (טִמֵּא): to desecrate, profane, make unclean, defile. Pual (טֻמָּא): passive of Piel, to be made unclean. Hithpael (הִטַּמֵּא): to make oneself unclean. Hothpael (הֻטַּמָּא): to be defiled.

טָמֵא

adjective • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 562

Unclean, in a Levitical sense (spoken of men, animals, or things) or in a moral sense (guilty, sinful). As a substantive, it can mean an uncircumcised one, a heathen, or one with unclean lips.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טָמֵא

verb • Page 263

1. to be or become unclean or impure. Lev. 11: 24 ff. Pi. to render unclean. Pu. pass. Ezek. 4: 14. 2. to pronounce unclean. 3. to permit to be polluted. 4. to deflour, defile.

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Page 263

unclean, impure; in a ceremonial (Lev. 5: 2) or moral (Job 14: 4) sense.

Verb Hithpael imperfect second person masculine plural

LXX: ἔσται ἀκάθαρτοσ μιανεῖ ἀκάθαρτον μιανθήσεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H2930a:

ἔσται 50× (19.9%)

ἀκάθαρτοσ 39× (18.3%)

μιανεῖ 12× (5.4%)

ἀκάθαρτον 10× (4.9%)

μιανθήσεται 9× (4.5%)

ἐμίανεν 8× (3.9%)

ἐμιάνθη 7× (3.3%)

ἐμίαναν 5× (2.4%)

μιαίνεσθε 5× (2.6%)

μεμίανται 4× (2.0%)

כל כָּל־

all

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כל

kôl

Definition

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Root

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from H3634 (כלל);

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from כלל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

noun / masculine • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 695

Properly 'all, whole, totality'. 1. Used adjectivally to mean 'all' or 'the whole of', as in 'all the earth'. 2. Describes a plurality of individual persons or things, translated as 'all'.

כֹּל

substantive / adverb • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 696

A substantive meaning all, the whole, every, any. When used with a negative, it means none at all. It can also function as an adverb meaning wholly or altogether.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

Same as Hebrew (all, every). Often appears with Makkeph as -כֹּל. References: Dan. 2:40, 4:9, 18, 25.

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

A substantive meaning 'all', 'the whole', or 'totality'. Frequently used as an adjective (Jer. 33:8). 1. all. 2. every one.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πάντα πᾶσ πάντεσ πᾶν πάντασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3605:

πάντα 921× (17.0%)

πᾶσ 451× (8.4%)

πάντεσ 441× (8.4%)

πᾶν 351× (6.5%)

πάντασ 297× (5.6%)

πᾶσαν 267× (4.9%)

πάντων 242× (4.4%)

πάσασ 230× (4.4%)

--- 227× (4.5%)

πᾶσα 214× (4.0%)

הנגע הָנֹּגֵעַ

the Plague

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נגע

nâgaʻ

Definition

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, destroy, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; 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, destroy, etc.); beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5060

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָגַע

verb • Root נגע • Strongs / High • Page 943

To strike, beat; hence 1. to smite, punish, inflict plagues upon. 2. with a weaker sense, to touch. 3. in a local sense, to touch upon, to reach. 4. to come to, to arrive.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָגַע

verb • Page 425

To touch, usually construed with בְּ (Gen. 3:3, Lev. 5:3). Applied to denote: (1.) to injure (Gen. 26:11).

נָגַע

verb • Root נגע • Page 426

To touch, reach, or strike. Senses include: to lie with a woman (Josh. 9:19); to reach unto anything (Hos. 4:2); to come to a person or thing (2 Sam. 5:8); to smite (Gen. 32:26). Includes Niph. (to be beaten), Pi. (to smite), Pu. (passive), and Hiph. (to cause to touch, reach unto, or befall).

Particle definite article, Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἁπτόμενοσ ἅψηται ἥψατο ἅπτεσθε ἁπτομένη

LXX Usage Statistics

H5060:

ἁπτόμενοσ 24× (13.4%)

ἅψηται 15× (9.9%)

ἥψατο 15× (9.0%)

ἅπτεσθε 4× (2.7%)

ἁπτομένη 4× (2.6%)

ἅψασθαι 4× (2.5%)

ἥπτετο 3× (1.9%)

ἅψαι 3× (1.9%)

ἤγγισεν 3× (1.9%)

ἥψατό 3× (1.8%)

בנבלתם בְּנִבְלָתָם

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נבלה

nᵉbêlâh

Definition

a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

Root

from H5034 (נבל);

Exhaustive

from נבל; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol; (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5038

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נְבֵלָה

noun feminine • Root נבל • Strongs / High • Page 939

Properly the sunk, the fallen; hence a corpse, of humans or animals; a cadaver. Metaphorically, an inanimate idol-image.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נְבֵלָה

f. const. נִבְלַת • Root נבל • Page 424

a corpse (of a man,) Is. 26:19. a carcase (of an animal,) Lev. 5:2; 7:24. Used by way of reproach of idols, Jer. 16:18. (Lev. 26:30).

Preposition, Noun common feminine singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: θνησιμαίων θνησιμαῖον σῶμα θνησιμαῖα νεκροὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5038:

θνησιμαίων 17× (35.0%)

θνησιμαῖον 9× (20.2%)

σῶμα 8× (17.0%)

θνησιμαῖα 4× (8.1%)

νεκροὶ 3× (6.4%)

יטמא יִטְמָא

he is being foul

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

טמא

ṭâmêʼ

Definition

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated); defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2930

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 561

Intransitive verb. Properly, to be muddy, dark, obscure, black. Metaphorically, to be dirty, rancid, stinking; to be unclean in a Levitical sense. Figuratively, to be desecrated, to be spiritually unclean.

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 562

A verb with multiple stems. Piel (טִמֵּא): to desecrate, profane, make unclean, defile. Pual (טֻמָּא): passive of Piel, to be made unclean. Hithpael (הִטַּמֵּא): to make oneself unclean. Hothpael (הֻטַּמָּא): to be defiled.

טָמֵא

adjective • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 562

Unclean, in a Levitical sense (spoken of men, animals, or things) or in a moral sense (guilty, sinful). As a substantive, it can mean an uncircumcised one, a heathen, or one with unclean lips.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טָמֵא

verb • Page 263

1. to be or become unclean or impure. Lev. 11: 24 ff. Pi. to render unclean. Pu. pass. Ezek. 4: 14. 2. to pronounce unclean. 3. to permit to be polluted. 4. to deflour, defile.

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Page 263

unclean, impure; in a ceremonial (Lev. 5: 2) or moral (Job 14: 4) sense.

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται ἀκάθαρτοσ μιανεῖ ἀκάθαρτον μιανθήσεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H2930a:

ἔσται 50× (19.9%)

ἀκάθαρτοσ 39× (18.3%)

μιανεῖ 12× (5.4%)

ἀκάθαρτον 10× (4.9%)

μιανθήσεται 9× (4.5%)

ἐμίανεν 8× (3.9%)

ἐμιάνθη 7× (3.3%)

ἐμίαναν 5× (2.4%)

μιαίνεσθε 5× (2.6%)

μεμίανται 4× (2.0%)

עד עַד־

until/perpetually/witness

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עד

ʻad

Definition

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

Root

properly, the same as H5703 (עד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition);

Exhaustive

properly, the same as עד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5704

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַד

particle • Strongs / High • Page 1053

A particle expressing continuance, progress, or duration; until, unto, as far as, up to, during, even, exceedingly. Denotes limits in space, time (till now, forever), or degree (highest limit).

עַד

noun • Root עדה ערה • Strongs / High • Page 1053

Progress, advance (in space); duration, perpetuitas; hence, eternity, perpetuity, everlasting.

עַד

adverb / preposition • Root עוד • Strongs / High • Page 1060

Adverb: again, once more (repetition); continuedly, continually (continuance of action); longer, further, advanced state. Also Preposition/Conjunction: till, now, during (a time), while still.

עַד

preposition / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 1054

1. (Of space) To, unto, as far as, even to; also like, as. 2. (Of time/Conj.) Till now, whilst that, until, so that, to the degree that. 3. (Particle) Even (used to intensify meaning).

עַד

noun masculine • Root עדה • Strongs / High • Page 1054

Booty, spoil (parallel to plunder).

עַד

noun masculine • Root עדה • Strongs / High • Page 1054

Dress, ornament (found only in proper names).

עַד

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1054

Witness, testimony (collateral form of עֵד).

עַד

aram. prep. (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 1054

(Aramaic, same as Hebr. עַד 2) During, until, till at the last; to the intent that.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַד

m. subst. / preposition / conj. • Root עדה • Page 491

1. as a subst. eternity, duration. Ps. 9: 19. 19: 10. 2. as a subst. booty, prey. Gen. 49: 27. 3. as a prep. unto, until, spoken of time and space. Hab. 1: 2. 4. as a prep. during, while. Judg. 3: 26. 5. as a conj. until, construed with a pret. Josh.

עַד

chald. prep. and conj. • Page 492

As in Hebrew (preceding page).

Preposition

LXX: ἕωσ εἰσ '' ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H5704:

ἕωσ 1013× (78.3%)

εἰσ 28× (2.2%)

'' 26× (1.7%)

--- 24× (1.9%)

ἕωσ 22× (1.7%)

μέχρι 12× (0.9%)

ἔτι 11× (0.8%)

ἐπὶ 9× (0.7%)

dἕωσ 7× (0.5%)

πρὸσ 7× (0.6%)

הערב הָעָרֶב׃

the Dusk

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ערב

ʻereb

Definition

dusk

Root

from H6150 (ערב);

Exhaustive

from ערב; dusk; [phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6153

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֶרֶב

noun masc. • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1128

1. Proper insertion, intermixing; hence the weft of a web. 2. A mixture, a mixed company.

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1129

Multitude, plebs promiscua, a mixture of all sorts of people (Ex. 12, 38); the promiscuous multitude that joined the Israelites. Also refers to foreigners or common people.

עֶרֶב

noun feminine • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1129

Properly, a darkening, hence evening (Gen. 1, 5, 8), opposite בֹּקֶר; time of sunset or still earlier twilight. Used adverbially (at evening, to the evening). Secondary meaning: a wilderness, waste.

עֶרֶב

noun proper / populi • Strongs / High • Page 1129

1. Name of districts and nomad Bedouin tribes of the Arabian desert (Arabia Deserta). 2. Foreigners, mob, mixed multitude (among the Egyptian or Chaldean people).

עֶרֶב

noun proper feminine • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1130

(prop. a steppe, from עָרַב II.) 1. n. p. f. Arabia, the land of the Dedanites, Kedarenes, etc. (Jer. 25, 24). Also, a locality עֶרֶב in Galilee at a later period.

עֶרֶב

unknown • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1130

I. Interpreted as a mixed people, or traced to עָרַב II. and interpreted as 'land of the evening'.

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1131

Evening, the time when the sun declines to his setting; specifically the little evening or when it declines to evening till the evening proper (full evening).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Page 525

The evening. (Gen. 8:11; 24:11; Ex. 16:6). Includes the phrase בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם ('between the two evenings'), referring to the time the paschal lamb was slain (Ex. 12:6; Lev. 23:5).

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Page 525

Willow, willow-tree (salix Babylonica). Found only in the plural עֲרָבִים or as עֲרָבָה. (Is. 44:4; Job 40:22; Ps. 137:2).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἑσπέρασ ἑσπέραν δείλησ ἑσπέρα ἀφ'

LXX Usage Statistics

H6153:

ἑσπέρασ 76× (56.2%)

ἑσπέραν 15× (9.4%)

δείλησ 13× (9.4%)

ἑσπέρα 10× (7.8%)

ἀφ' 3× (2.3%)

--- 3× (2.3%)

ἕωσ 3× (2.3%)

δειλινόν 3× (2.0%)

ἑσπερινῆσ 2× (1.4%)

ὀψέ 2× (1.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And for these ye shall be unclean: all touching upon their carcass shall be unclean till evening.

LITV Translation:
And by these you shall be made unclean; any who touches their dead body is unclean until the evening.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And by these ye shall be defiled; everyone that touches their carcasses shall be unclean till the evening.