Numbers 19:10

וְ֠כִבֶּס הָאֹסֵ֨ף אֶת־אֵ֤פֶר הַפָּרָה֙ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו וְטָמֵ֖א עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְלַגֵּ֛ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתֹוכָ֖ם לְחֻקַּ֥ת עֹולָֽם׃

And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And it shall be for the children of Yisra’el and for the stranger who sojourns among them a perpetual statute.

Morphology

1. וְכִבֶּס (vekibes) – Root: כבס (kavas); Form: Piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And he shall wash”; Notes: Refers to cleansing garments after handling ashes.
2. הָאֹסֵ֨ף (ha’osef) – Root: אסף (asaf); Form: Qal participle masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “the one who gathers”; Notes: Refers to the person collecting the ashes.
3. אֶת־אֵ֤פֶר (et-efer) – Root: אפר (afar); Form: Direct object marker with noun, masculine singular; Translation: “the ashes of”; Notes: Refers to the remains of the red heifer.
4. הַפָּרָה֙ (happarah) – Root: פרר (parar); Form: Noun, feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the heifer”; Notes: Refers to the red heifer used in the ritual.
5. אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו (et-begadav) – Root: בגד (beged); Form: Direct object marker with noun, masculine plural and 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “his clothes”; Notes: Indicates garments to be washed.
6. וְטָמֵ֖א (vetame) – Root: טמא (tame); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he shall be unclean”; Notes: Describes temporary ritual impurity.
7. עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב (ad-ha’arev) – Root: ערב (ʿarev); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “until evening”; Notes: Specifies the duration of impurity.
8. וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (vehayetah) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and it shall be”; Notes: Refers to the statute’s binding nature.
9. לִבְנֵ֣י (livnei) – Root: בן (ben); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine plural construct; Translation: “for the children of”; Notes: Refers to the Israelites.
10. יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (Yisra’el) – Root: שרר (sar); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yisra’el”; Notes: The covenant people of God.
11. וְלַגֵּ֛ר (velager) – Root: גור (gur); Form: Conjunction with noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “and for the stranger”; Notes: Refers to non-Israelites residing among them.
12. הַגָּ֥ר (hagar) – Root: גור (gur); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “who sojourns”; Notes: Refers to a resident alien.
13. בְּתֹוכָ֖ם (betokham) – Root: תוך (tokh); Form: Noun, masculine singular with preposition and 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “among them”; Notes: Refers to the Israelites’ community.
14. לְחֻקַּ֥ת (lechukat) – Root: חקק (chaqaq); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct with preposition; Translation: “as a statute of”; Notes: Refers to a binding ordinance.
15. עֹולָֽם׃ (olam) – Root: עלם (ʿalam); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “perpetuity”; Notes: Indicates the eternal nature of the statute.