Leviticus 12
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
3And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
5But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
6And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
7Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
8And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יוֹםyôwmH31179× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- בֵּןbênH11215× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אוֹʼôwH1764× in this chapter
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- טֹהַרṭôharH28924× in this chapter
literally brightness; ceremonially purification
- דָּםdâmH18183× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼH29303× in this chapter
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- יָלַדyâladH32053× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- זָכָרzâkârH21452× in this chapter
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
- חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâhH24032× in this chapter
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- טָהֵרṭâhêrH28912× in this chapter
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יוֹנָהyôwnâhH31232× in this chapter
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35482× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כָּפַרkâpharH37222× in this chapter
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
- מָלֵאmâlêʼH43902× in this chapter
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- נִדָּהniddâhH50792× in this chapter
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
- אִםʼimH5182× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- נְקֵבָהnᵉqêbâhH53472× in this chapter
female (from the sexual form)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עֹלָהʻôlâhH59302× in this chapter
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimH81472× in this chapter
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- תּוֹרtôwrH84492× in this chapter
a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9352× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârH13201× in this chapter
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- בַּתbathH13231× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- אֹהֶלʼôhelH1681× in this chapter
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- דָּוָהdâvâhH17381× in this chapter
to be sick (as if in menstruation)
- דַּיdayH17671× in this chapter
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
- זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- זָרַעzâraʻH22321× in this chapter
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֶּבֶשׂkebesH35321× in this chapter
a ram (just old enough to butt)
- כִּיkîyH35881× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed