The Meaning of Leviticus 15:2 Explained

Leviticus 15:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

YLT: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and ye have said unto them, When there is an issue out of the flesh of any man, for his issue he is unclean;

Darby: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man have a flux from his flesh, because of his flux he is unclean.

ASV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Speak  unto the children  of Israel,  and say  unto them, When any  man  hath a running issue  out of his flesh,  [because of] his issue  he [is] unclean. 

What does Leviticus 15:2 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 15:2 mean?

speak to the sons of Israel and say to them man man when has a discharge from his body his discharge unclean [is]
דַּבְּרוּ֙ אֶל־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ זָ֣ב מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ זוֹב֖וֹ טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא

דַּבְּרוּ֙  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם  and  say 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲלֵהֶ֑ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אִ֣ישׁ  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִ֗ישׁ  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
זָ֣ב  a  discharge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: זוּב  
Sense: to flow, gush, issue, discharge.
מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ  from  his  body 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
זוֹב֖וֹ  his  discharge 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: זׄוב  
Sense: a flow, issue, discharge, flux.
טָמֵ֥א  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.