Leviticus 11:36

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

אך אַךְ

Only

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אך

ʼak

Definition

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

Root

akin to H403 (אכן);

Exhaustive

akin to אכן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H389

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אַךְ

adv. and conj. • Root אכן • Strongs_Numbers • Page 122

1. properly like אָכֵן, that, therefore. 2. Equivalent to כִּי as a sign of the apodosis: so, then. 3. Most frequently an expression of opposition: but, however, yet. 4. More rarely for. 5. certainly, yea (in admonitions). 6. sometimes variously modified by particles following (e.g. only that not, however to, but if now).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַךְ

conj. prim. • Page 47

1. only. Gen. 7: 23. 2. but, yet, nevertheless. Gen. 20: 12. 3. scarcely, only just now. Gen. 27: 30. 4. also. Gen. 9: 4. 5. indeed, certainly, surely. Is. 19: 11.

Adverb

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0389:

No stats available

מעין מַעְיָן

a fountain/source

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מעין

maʻyân

Definition

a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)

Root

or מעינו; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מעינה; from H5869 (עין) (as a denominative in the sense of a spring);

Exhaustive

or מעינו; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מעינה; from עין (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction); fountain, spring, well.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4599

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מַעְיָן

noun masculine • Root עין • Strongs / High • Page 884

A place or ground of fountains, a spring. Used literally for a source of water and metaphorically for things like the chaste body of a maiden.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מְעִין

masc. plur. chald. • Page 391

Chaldee equivalent of Hebrew מֵעִים no. 4 (belly, body). Dan. 2: 32.

מַעְיָן

noun masculine • Root עין • Page 392

A spring, fountain. Gen. 7:11; 8:2; Ps. 84:7; 87:7. Plur. מַעְיָנִים and מַעְיְנוֹת.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πηγὰσ πηγὴν πηγὴ πηγῶν πηγαὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4599:

πηγὰσ 7× (29.0%)

πηγὴν 4× (17.7%)

πηγὴ 3× (12.6%)

πηγῶν 3× (11.3%)

πηγαὶ 2× (7.5%)

ובור וּבוֹר

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

בור

bôwr

Definition

a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

Root

from H952 (בור) (in the sense of H877 (באר));

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H953

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בּוֹר

verb • Root בור • Strongs_Numbers • Page 229

II. see בִּירָה

בּוֹר

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 229

same as בְּאֵר a pit, a hole, a cistern (where rain-water was kept); a prison, dungeon; grave, sepulchre.

בּוֹר

unknown • Strongs_Numbers • Page 229

see בֹּר (Job 9, 30)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בּוֹר

noun masculine • Root באר • Page 90

I. Pit, cistern, prison, or grave. Refers to places of confinement or the regions of the dead. 1 Sam. 13:6, Gen. 37:20, Is. 24:22, Ps. 28:1.

בּוֹר

unknown • Page 90

II. Equivalent to בֹּר (q. v.).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0953a:

No stats available

מקוה מִקְוֵה־

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מקוה

miqveh

Definition

something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove

Root

or מקוה; (1 Kings 10:28), or מקואlemma מקוא extra dagesh, corrected to מקוא; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from H6960 (קוה);

Exhaustive

or מקוה; (1 Kings 10:28), or מקואlemma מקוא extra dagesh, corrected to מקוא; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from קוה; something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove; abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4723

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מִקְוֶה

noun masculine • Root קוה • Strongs / High • Page 898

1. Hope, trust. God is called the hope of Israel. 2. A place of gathering together, a collection of waters.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִקְוֶה

m. verbal • Root קוה • Page 401

I. Hope, confidence. 1 Chr. 29: 15; Ezra 10: 2. Also an object of hope or confidence, Jer. 14: 8; 17: 13; 50: 7.

מִקְוֶה

m. verbal • Root קוה • Page 401

II. A collection or company of men. 1 K. 10: 28. Under this signification we may place the difficult passage 'and the caravans of the merchants of the king...'. Some suggest it must be rendered 'yarn' (comp. Arab. qawa, torsit funem).

מִקְוֶה

f. verbal • Root קוה • Page 401

A place of collecting, a reservoir. Is. 22: 11.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὑπομονὴ θεκουε

LXX Usage Statistics

H4723c:

ὑπομονὴ 3× (28.2%)

θεκουε 2× (14.6%)

מים מַיִם

dual water

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מים

mayim

Definition

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Root

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);

Exhaustive

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4325

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מַיִם

m. noun • Root מיה • Strongs / High • Page 842

The flowing, pouring, running; hence water (collective noun). Figuratively: juice of a plant, seed, seminal flux, urine.

מַיִם

coll. m. • Strongs / High • Page 845

Water, in the widest sense and with the greatest variety of applications; used for the ocean, sea, lakes, clouds, rain-water, etc. Also used as a figure of multitude, fulness, abundance, numerous enemies, dangers, and fear.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַיִם

masc. plur. prim. irreg. • Page 372

1. Water or waters. (Gen. 26:19; Num. 5:17). 2. Seed (Is. 48:1).

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ὕδωρ ὕδατοσ ὕδατι ὕδατα ὑδάτων

LXX Usage Statistics

H4325:

ὕδωρ 255× (41.0%)

ὕδατοσ 96× (15.5%)

ὕδατι 65× (10.3%)

ὕδατα 45× (7.3%)

ὑδάτων 37× (6.2%)

ὡσ 17× (2.9%)

--- 17× (3.0%)

---% 7× (1.0%)

ὕδασιν 7× (0.9%)

'' 6× (0.9%)

יהיה יִהְיֶה

he is becoming

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

היה

hâyâh

Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Root

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הוא));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare הוא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1961

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הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 397

To be, to exist, to live, to become. A substantive verb used to unite a subject and predicate. It can also mean to happen, to arise, or to belong to. Used in a wide variety of grammatical constructions.

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 591

To be, to become, to exist. The common Hebrew verb for 'to be', considered the root of the divine name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַיָּה

noun feminine • Page 185

Keri הַוָּה suffering, calamity. Job 6: 2; 30: 13.

הָיָה

verb • Page 184

1. To be (Ex. 20:3, Num. 10:31, etc.); 2. to become (Ex. 4:4, Hos. 3:3, etc.); 3. to happen (Is. 19:15).

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται ἐγένετο ἦν ἐγενήθη ἔσονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1961:

ἔσται 827× (22.9%)

ἐγένετο 634× (16.8%)

ἦν 280× (7.9%)

ἐγενήθη 215× (5.8%)

ἔσονται 160× (4.5%)

ἦσαν 134× (3.8%)

ἐγένοντο 83× (2.3%)

'' 74× (1.9%)

--- 73× (2.2%)

εἶναι 67× (1.7%)

טהור טָהוֹר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

טהור

ṭâhôwr

Definition

pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)

Root

or טהר; from H2891 (טהר);

Exhaustive

or טהר; from טהר; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense); clean, fair, pure(-ness).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2889

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טָהוֹר

adjective • Root טהר • Strongs / High • Page 553

clean, in the widest sense; purified, white, shining. Used for precious metals, vessels, places, water, people, and animals in a Levitical sense. Morally, it means innocent, pious, or true.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טָהוֹר

verb • Root טהר • Page 260

Pure; particularly (1) unmixed, as gold (Ex. 25:11); (2) clean, not dirty (Zech. 3:5); (3) clean, in a ceremonial sense (Lev. 13:17); (4) pure, in a moral sense (Ps. 12:7; 19:10; 51:12). Used abstractly as a subst. 'purity' in Prov. 22:11.

Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: καθαροῦ καθαρὸσ καθαρῶν καθαρόν καθαρὰν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2889:

καθαροῦ 13× (14.1%)

καθαρὸσ 13× (13.4%)

καθαρῶν 9× (8.9%)

καθαρόν 8× (8.6%)

καθαρὰν 6× (6.2%)

καθαρῷ 5× (5.6%)

καθαρὸν 5× (5.6%)

καθαρόσ 5× (5.6%)

'' 5× (4.8%)

--- 4× (4.5%)

ונגע וְנֹגֵעַ

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

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

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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).

Conjunction, 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

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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

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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%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
But a fountain and pit, a gathering of waters, shall be clean: and he touching upon their carcass shall be unclean.

LITV Translation:
But a fountain or a well, a collection of water, shall be clean; only that touching the dead body is unclean.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Only if the water be of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcasses shall be unclean.