The Meaning of Leviticus 11:25 Explained

Leviticus 11:25

KJV: And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

YLT: and anyone who is lifting up aught of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: --

Darby: And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

ASV: And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And whosoever beareth  [ought] of the carcase  of them shall wash  his clothes,  and be unclean  until the even. 

What does Leviticus 11:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 11

1  What animals may be eaten
4  and what may not be eaten
9  What fishes
13  What fowls
29  The creeping things which are unclean

What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:25 mean?

And whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening
וְכָל־ הַנֹּשֵׂ֖א מִנִּבְלָתָ֑ם יְכַבֵּ֥ס בְּגָדָ֖יו וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־ הָעָֽרֶב

וְכָל־  And  whoever 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַנֹּשֵׂ֖א  carries 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
מִנִּבְלָתָ֑ם  part  of  the  carcass  of  any  of  them 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְבֵלָה  
Sense: carcass, corpse.
יְכַבֵּ֥ס  shall  wash 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּבַס  
Sense: to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller.
בְּגָדָ֖יו  his  clothes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
וְטָמֵ֥א  and  be  unclean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
עַד־  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
הָעָֽרֶב  evening 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב  
Sense: evening, night, sunset.