What Does Leviticus 12:4 Mean in the King James?
And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The same Hebrew root names both the “hallowed thing” she cannot touch and the “sanctuary” she cannot enter: both belong to what is set apart.
THE MEANING
Following childbirth, the verse names a defined interval as “the blood of her purification,” holding blood and purification within one phrase. During that period, access to what is set apart and to the sanctuary remains withheld until the days are complete.
THE ROOT
קֹדֶשׁ
qōdeš
GROWS FROM
ק־ד־שׁ
Q-D-Sh
To set apart or mark as sacred.
“hallowed thing” in this verse is qōdeš. Qodesh and miqdash share the root q-d-sh: one is what may not be touched, and the other is the place that may not be entered. Hebrew keeps both under the idea of what is set apart, while English gives them different names: “hallowed” and “sanctuary.”
ALSO GROWS
qādôsh: Set apart; sacred.
קָדוֹשׁ
It names the quality shared by the sacred thing and the sanctuary.
miqdāsh: Sanctuary; a place set apart.
מִקְדָּשׁ
It is the same root in the place she is not to enter.
טָהֳרָה
ṭāhŏrāh
GROWS FROM
ט־ה־ר
T-H-R
To be clean or pure.
The noun names cleanness or purity, while the surrounding words give it a duration: “days of her purifying.” Blood and purification appear together in the same phrase, and the boundary lasts until those days are complete.
ALSO GROWS
ṭāhôr: Clean or pure.
טָהוֹר
It shows the state named by the purification period.
ṭāhēr: To cleanse or become clean.
טָהֵר
It is the verbal form from the same root, linking the named state to the process of becoming clean.
THE PATTERN
A defined ritual state has its own duration, and its completion marks a change in status or approach.
But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;THE THREAD
And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:The phrase “days of her purifying” repeats the same tohorah (טָהֳרָה, purification) that names the interval here. This verse carries that interval to its completion and to the sanctuary door, showing what the waiting boundary opens toward.
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