OET interlinear LEV 5:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

טָמֵא֒ & טְמֵאָ֗ה & טְמֵאָ֔ה & טָמֵ֑א & טָמֵ֖א

unclean & unclean & unclean & unclean & unclean

For an object or body to be unclean implies that it has acquired impurity through its perceived proximity to death. In ancient Israel, this impurity was seen to pollute the holy space where Yahweh lived among the Israelites and could desecrate the sacred items that were consecrated to him. Consequently, anything impure or unclean was not allowed to enter the sacred space or touch anything clean or holy. If your language has a similar word, consider using it here. If not, consider using a generic term. Alternate translation: [polluted … polluted … polluted … polluted … is polluted himself]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְ⁠נִבְלַ֨ת חַיָּ֜ה טְמֵאָ֗ה

in/on/at/with,carcass_of living unclean

The expression the unclean carcass of an animal does not refer to the body of a specific animal. Rather, it describes the carcass of any wild animal that an Israelite might encounter. Express this in the way that would be most natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the dead body of any wild animal]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠נִבְלַת֙ בְּהֵמָ֣ה טְמֵאָ֔ה

in/on/at/with,carcass_of cattle/livestock unclean

The expression the unclean carcass of livestock does not refer to a the body of a specific animal. Rather, it describes the carcass of any domesticated animal that an Israelite might own. Express this in the way that would be most natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the unclean carcass of any livestock]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠נִבְלַ֖ת שֶׁ֣רֶץ טָמֵ֑א

in/on/at/with,carcass_of swarm(n) unclean

The expression the carcass of an unclean creeping animal does not refer to a specific animal. Rather, it describes the carcass of any animal that creeps on the ground, including winged, swarming insects, mice, rats, and lizards. (See [11:20–23](../11/20.md) and [11:24–29](../11/24.md) for the full list of these animals.) Express this in the way that would be most natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the carcass of any unclean animal that creeps or swarms on the ground]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠נֶעְלַ֣ם מִמֶּ֔⁠נּוּ

and,unaware from=him/it

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and he does not realize that he touched something unclean]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠נֶעְלַ֣ם מִמֶּ֔⁠נּוּ וְ⁠ה֥וּא טָמֵ֖א וְ⁠אָשֵֽׁם׃

and,unaware from=him/it and=he unclean (Some words not found in UHB: or creature which/who touches in=all thing unclean whether in/on/at/with,carcass_of living unclean or in/on/at/with,carcass_of cattle/livestock unclean or in/on/at/with,carcass_of swarm(n) unclean and,unaware from=him/it and=he unclean and,guilty )

The author of Leviticus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from verses 3 and 4 if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and it is hidden from him, when he knows, then he is unclean and he will be guilty]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אָשֵֽׁם

and,guilty

Here, to be guilty implies both to feel the internal sense of having done wrong and to enter into a legal state of needing to make reparations for wrongdoing, whether intentional or unintentional. As the Introduction to the chapter discusses, this kind of guilt resulted in the need for the guilt offering, by which a person atoned for himself and made reparation for the impurity that he brought into the sacred space by his wrongdoing. Alternate translation: [and he needs to make reparations for his wrongdoing]