לְמִשְׁעִ֑י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמִשְׁעִ֑י

   le-mish-E

   for cleansing
2. clause🔊 וּמוֹלְדוֹתַ֗יִךְ בְּי֨וֹם הוּלֶּ֤דֶת אֹתָךְ֙ לֹֽא־כָרַּ֣ת שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ וּבְמַ֥יִם לֹֽא־רֻחַ֖צְתְּ לְמִשְׁעִ֑י

   u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E

   and your births or origins in the day of being born you was not cut your navel cord and with water you were not washed for cleansing
3. sentence🔊 וּמוֹלְדוֹתַ֗יִךְ בְּי֨וֹם הוּלֶּ֤דֶת אֹתָךְ֙ לֹֽא־כָרַּ֣ת שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ וּבְמַ֥יִם לֹֽא־רֻחַ֖צְתְּ לְמִשְׁעִ֑י וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ לֹ֣א הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ וְהָחְתֵּ֖ל לֹ֥א חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

   u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te

   and your births or origins in the day of being born you was not cut your navel cord and with water you were not washed for cleansing and with salt not you were salted and with swaddling not you were swaddled

Exegesis

Šārēkh {שָׁרֵךְ | šārēkh} functions as the object of lo-kārat, referring to the umbilical cord, while the purpose phrase lə-miš-ʿî {לְמִשְׁעִי | lə-miš-ʿî} ‘for cleansing’ complements the washing clause.

Root and etymology

מ־שׁ־ע🔊 mem–shin–ayin

“to rub, smooth”

• 🔊 מִשְׁעָעmish‘ahrubbingEzekiel 16:4