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Leviticus 11

Lev. 11:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if any beast
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, of which ye may eat
'oklah (Hebrew #402)
food
KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Pronounce: ok-law'
Origin: feminine of 401
, die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
; he that toucheth
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
the carcase
nbelah (Hebrew #5038)
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
KJV usage: (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
Pronounce: neb-ay-law'
Origin: from 5034
thereof shall be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
until the even
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
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Cross References

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Lev. 11:24,28,31,40• 24And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
 28And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
 31These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
 40And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 11:24,28,31,40)
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Lev. 15:5,7• 5And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
 7And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 15:5,7)
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Num. 19:11,16• 11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
 16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. (Num. 19:11,16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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