זֹ֚את הַתֹּורָ֔ה אָדָ֖ם כִּֽי־יָמ֣וּת בְּאֹ֑הֶל כָּל־הַבָּ֤א אֶל־הָאֹ֨הֶל֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּאֹ֔הֶל יִטְמָ֖א שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃
This is the Torah: when a man dies in a tent, everyone who comes into the tent and everything that is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.
Morphology
- זֹ֚את (zot) – Root: זה (zeh); Form: Demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “This”; Notes: Refers to the following law.
- הַתֹּורָ֔ה (hattorah) – Root: ירה (yarah); Form: Noun, feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the Torah”; Notes: Refers to divine instruction.
- אָדָ֖ם (adam) – Root: אדם (adam); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “a man”; Notes: Refers to a human being.
- כִּֽי־יָמ֣וּת (ki-yamut) – Root: מות (muth); Form: Conjunction with Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “when he dies”; Notes: Introduces a conditional clause.
- בְּאֹ֑הֶל (be’ohel) – Root: אהל (ohel); Form: Noun, masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “in a tent”; Notes: Specifies the location of death.
- כָל־הַבָּ֤א (kol-habba) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Qal participle masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “everyone who comes”; Notes: Refers to anyone entering the tent.
- אֶל־הָאֹ֨הֶל֙ (el-ha’ohel) – Root: אהל (ohel); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “into the tent”; Notes: Specifies the direction of entry.
- וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר (vechol-asher) – Root: שאר (sha’ar); Form: Conjunction with relative pronoun; Translation: “and everything that”; Notes: Refers to all objects within the tent.
- בָּאֹ֔הֶל (ba’ohel) – Root: אהל (ohel); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition; Translation: “in the tent”; Notes: Refers to the contents of the tent.
- יִטְמָ֖א (yitma) – Root: טמא (tame); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “shall be unclean”; Notes: Indicates ritual impurity.
- שִׁבְעַ֥ת (shivʿat) – Root: שבע (shava); Form: Numeral, masculine singular construct; Translation: “seven”; Notes: Specifies the duration of impurity.
- יָמִֽים׃ (yamim) – Root: יום (yom); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “days”; Notes: Refers to the period of uncleanness.