The Meaning of Leviticus 15:18 Explained

Leviticus 15:18

KJV: The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

YLT: 'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

Darby: And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

ASV: The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The woman  also with whom man  shall lie  [with] seed  of copulation,  they shall [both] bathe  [themselves] in water,  and be unclean  until the even. 

What does Leviticus 15:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 15

1  The uncleanness of men in their issues
13  The cleansing of them
19  The uncleanness of women in their issues
28  Their cleansing

What do the individual words in Leviticus 15:18 mean?

And when a woman with lies a man - and [there is] an emission of semen and they shall bathe in water and be unclean until evening
וְאִשָּׁ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב אִ֛ישׁ אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁכְבַת־ זָ֑רַע וְרָחֲצ֣וּ בַמַּ֔יִם וְטָמְא֖וּ עַד־ הָעָֽרֶב

וְאִשָּׁ֕ה  And  when  a  woman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
יִשְׁכַּ֥ב  lies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
אִ֛ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֹתָ֖הּ  - 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
שִׁכְבַת־  and  [there  is]  an  emission 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שִׁכְבָה  
Sense: act of lying, layer, coating.
זָ֑רַע  of  semen 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
וְרָחֲצ֣וּ  and  they  shall  bathe 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: רָחַץ  
Sense: to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe.
בַמַּ֔יִם  in  water 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
וְטָמְא֖וּ  and  be  unclean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
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.