The Meaning of Numbers 5:2 Explained

Numbers 5:2

KJV: Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

YLT: 'Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and every one with an issue, and every one defiled by a body;

Darby: Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by a dead person:

ASV: Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Command  the children  of Israel,  that they put out  of the camp  every leper,  and every one that hath an issue,  and whosoever is defiled  by the dead: 

What does Numbers 5:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 5

1  The unclean are removed out of camp
5  Restitution is to be made in trespass
11  The trial of jealously

What do the individual words in Numbers 5:2 mean?

Command - the sons of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse
צַ֚ו אֶת־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙ מִן־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כָּל־ צָר֖וּעַ וְכָל־ זָ֑ב וְכֹ֖ל טָמֵ֥א לָנָֽפֶשׁ

צַ֚ו  Command 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
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.
וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙  that  they  put  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה  the  camp 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
צָר֖וּעַ  leper 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: צָרַע  
Sense: to be diseased of skin, be leprous.
וְכָל־  and  everyone 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
זָ֑ב  who  has  a  discharge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: זוּב  
Sense: to flow, gush, issue, discharge.
וְכֹ֖ל  and  whoever 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
טָמֵ֥א  becomes  defiled 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
לָנָֽפֶשׁ  by  a  corpse 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.