לְכֹ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְכֹ֖ל

   le-KHOL

   for all
2. clause🔊 א֤וֹ בְאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ל֔וֹ לְכֹ֖ל טֻמְאָתֽוֹ׃

   O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO

   or in a person who defiles him for all his uncleanness
3. sentence🔊 אוֹ־אִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגַּ֔ע בְּכָל־שֶׁ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ל֑וֹ א֤וֹ בְאָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִטְמָא־ל֔וֹ לְכֹ֖ל טֻמְאָתֽוֹ׃

   O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO

   or a man who touches any creeping thing who defiles him or in a person who defiles him for all his uncleanness

Exegesis

The closing phrase le-khol tum-ato {לְכֹל טֻמְאָתֹו | lə-ḵol ṭu-maʾ-tō} ‘for all his uncleanness’ broadens the scope to every form of impurity, reinforcing the equivalence of animal and human sources of defilement.