Leviticus 11:38 KJV

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

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Thou and Ye

  • you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • What animals were clean and uncleanThese laws seem to have been intended, 1. As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge; and to teach them...

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • But if any water וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction מַיִם mayim מַיִם Noun · masculine plural
  • be put יֻתַּן yuttan נָתַן Verb · hophal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • upon the seed עַל ʿal Preposition זֶרַע zeraʿ זֶרַע Noun · masculine singular
  • and any part of their carcase מִנִּבְלָתָם minniblātām נְבֵלָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
  • fall וְנָפַל wĕnāpal נָפַל Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • thereon, it shall be unclean עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular טָמֵא ṭāmēʾ טָמֵא Adjective · masculine singular הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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