The Meaning of Leviticus 11:39 Explained

Leviticus 11:39

KJV: And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

YLT: 'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;

Darby: And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

ASV: And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if any beast,  of which ye may eat,  die;  he that toucheth  the carcase  thereof shall be unclean  until the even. 

What does Leviticus 11:39 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 11:39 mean?

And if dies of any animal which it [is] for you for food he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening
וְכִ֤י יָמוּת֙ מִן־ הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־ הִ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָ֑ה הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד־ הָעָֽרֶב

וְכִ֤י  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יָמוּת֙  dies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה  any  animal 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
הִ֥יא  it  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
לָכֶ֖ם  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
לְאָכְלָ֑ה  for  food 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָכְלָה  
Sense: food.
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ  he  who  touches 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בְּנִבְלָתָ֖הּ  its  carcass 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נְבֵלָה  
Sense: carcass, corpse.
יִטְמָ֥א  shall  be  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 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.