כִּֽי־יָזוּב֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־יָזוּב֩

   ki-ya-ZUV

   if flows
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יָזוּב֩ ז֨וֹב דָּמָ֜הּ

   ki-ya-ZUV ZOV da-MAH

   if flows discharge of her blood
3. clause🔊 וְאִשָּׁ֡ה כִּֽי־יָזוּב֩ ז֨וֹב דָּמָ֜הּ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים בְּלֹא֙ עֶת־נִדָּתָ֔הּ א֥וֹ כִּֽי־תָז֖וּב עַל־נִדָּתָ֑הּ

   ve-i-SHAH ki-ya-ZUV ZOV da-MAH ya-MEEM ra-BEEM be-LO et-nid-da-TAH O ki-taa-ZUV al-nid-da-TAH

   and a woman if flows discharge of her blood many days without time of her impurity or if flows beyond her impurity
4. sentence🔊 וְאִשָּׁ֡ה כִּֽי־יָזוּב֩ ז֨וֹב דָּמָ֜הּ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים בְּלֹא֙ עֶת־נִדָּתָ֔הּ א֥וֹ כִּֽי־תָז֖וּב עַל־נִדָּתָ֑הּ כָּל־יְמֵ֞י ז֣וֹב טֻמְאָתָ֗הּ כִּימֵ֧י נִדָּתָ֛הּ תִּהְיֶ֖ה טְמֵאָ֥ה הִֽוא׃

   ve-i-SHAH ki-ya-ZUV ZOV da-MAH ya-MEEM ra-BEEM be-LO et-nid-da-TAH O ki-taa-ZUV al-nid-da-TAH kol-yeh-MEH ZOV tum-a-TAH ki-MEH nid-da-TAH tih-YEH tme-AH HI

   and a woman if flows discharge of her blood many days without time of her impurity or if flows beyond her impurity all the days of discharge of her impurity as the days of her impurity she will be unclean

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conditional particle ki {כִּי | kî} ‘when/if’, marking a hypothetical legal scenario.

The Qal imperfect yazuv {יָזוּב | yāzûv} ‘flows/discharges’ governs the noun zov {זוֹב | zôv} ‘discharge’, and the temporal phrase yamim rabbim {יָמִים רַבִּים | yā-mîm rab-bîm} ‘many days’ extends the duration.

The construct chain kol-yemei zov tumatah {כָּל־יְמֵי זוֹב טֻמְאָתָהּ | kol-yə-mê zôv ṭū-mə-ʾā-ṯāh} ‘all the days of the discharge of her impurity’ parallels ki-mei-niddatah {כִּימֵי־נִדָּתָהּ | kî-mê-nid-dā-ṯāh} ‘as the days of her separation’, emphasizing continuous ritual status.

Root and etymology

zayin-vav-bet🔊 ז־ו־בZayin-Vav-Bet

“flow/discharge”

• 🔊 תָּזוּבtazovto flowLeviticus 15:25