עָלָ֔יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָלָ֔יו

   a-LAV

   on it
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּשֵׁ֣ב עָלָ֔יו

   a-SHER te-SHEV a-LAV

   which sits on it
3. clause🔊 וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּשֵׁ֣ב עָלָ֔יו טָמֵ֣א יִהְיֶ֔ה כְּטֻמְאַ֖ת נִדָּתָֽהּ׃

   ve-kol-ha-ke-LI a-SHER te-SHEV a-LAV ta-MEH yih-YEH ke-tum-AT ni-da-TAH

   and every object which sits on it it shall be unclean as the uncleanness of of her impurity
4. sentence🔊 כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב עָלָיו֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י זוֹבָ֔הּ כְּמִשְׁכַּ֥ב נִדָּתָ֖הּ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑הּ וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּשֵׁ֣ב עָלָ֔יו טָמֵ֣א יִהְיֶ֔ה כְּטֻמְאַ֖ת נִדָּתָֽהּ׃

   kol-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-tish-KAV a-LAV kol-yeh-MEH zo-VAH keh-mish-KAV ni-da-TAH yih-yeh-LAH ve-kol-ha-ke-LI a-SHER te-SHEV a-LAV ta-MEH yih-YEH ke-tum-AT ni-da-TAH

   every bed which she lies on on it all the days of of her discharge it shall be to her as the bed of her impurity and every object which sits on it it shall be unclean as the uncleanness of of her impurity

Exegesis

The verse opens with the universal quantifier kol-hamishkav {כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב | kāl-hammish·kāv} “every bed,” followed by the relative clause marker asher-tishkav-alav {אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו | ăšer-tish·kav-ʿalāyw} “which she lies on,” specifying the locus of the action.

This pattern repeats in the second conjunct ve-kol-hakeli-asher-teshev-alav {וְכָל־הַכְּלִי אֲשֶׁר תֵּשֵׁב עָלָיו | wə-kol-hak·kē·lî-ăšer-tē·šēḇ-ʿalāyw} “and every vessel on which she sits,” followed by the predicate tameh {טָמֵא | ṭā·mēʾ} “be unclean” and the parallel simile ke-tumat-niddatah {כְּטֻמְאַת־נִדָּתָהּ | kə-tum·āṯ-nid·dāh} “like the impurity of her menstruation.” This chiastic parallelism (bed/vessel; lie/sit; discharge/impurity) reinforces the legal symmetry of ritual contamination.