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Leviticus 12:2-5

2“Sayדַּבֵּ֞רda.BerH1696toאֶל־'el-H413the Israelitesבְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙be.Nei Yis.ra.'ElH1121 H3478לֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559כִּ֣יkiH3588, ‘A woman whoאִשָּׁה֙'i.ShahH802becomes pregnantתַזְרִ֔יעַtaz.Ri.a'H2232and gives birth toוְיָלְדָ֖הve.Yal.dahH3205a sonזָכָ֑רza.KharH2145will be uncleanוְטָֽמְאָה֙ve.ta.me.'AhH2930for sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֔יםya.MimH3117,as she is during the daysכִּימֵ֛יki.MeiH3117of her menstruationנִדַּ֥ת דְּוֹתָ֖הּ תִּטְמָֽא׃ni.Dat de.vo.Tah tit.Ma'H5079 H1738 H2930.

3And on the eighthהַשְּׁמִינִ֑יha.she.mi.NiH8066dayוּבַיּ֖וֹםu.vai.YomH3117the fleshבְּשַׂ֥רbe.SarH1320of the boy’s foreskinעָרְלָתֽוֹ׃a.re.la.ToH6190is to be circumcisedיִמּ֖וֹלyi.MolH4135.

4The woman shall continueתֵּשֵׁ֖בte.ShevH3427in purificationH2893from her bleedingבִּדְמֵ֣יbid.MeiH1818for thirty-threeוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתu.she.lo.Shim u.she.Lo.shetH7970 H7969daysיוֹם֙yOmH3117יָמִ֔יםya.MimH3117.She must notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808touchתִגָּ֗עti.Ga'H5060anythingבְּכָל־be.kholH3605sacredקֹ֣דֶשׁKo.deshH6944or goתָבֹ֔אta.Vo'H935intoוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the sanctuaryהַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ לֹ֣אha.mik.Dash lo'H4720 H3808untilעַד־'ad-H5704the daysיְמֵ֥יye.MeiH3117of her purificationH2893are completeמְלֹ֖אתme.LotH4390.

5If, howeverוְאִם־ve.'im-H518,she gives birth toתֵלֵ֔דte.LedH3205a daughterנְקֵבָ֣הne.ke.VahH5347, the womanwill be uncleanוְטָמְאָ֥הve.ta.me.'AhH2930for two weeksשְׁבֻעַ֖יִםshe.vu.'A.yimH7620as she is during her menstruationכְּנִדָּתָ֑הּke.ni.da.TahH5079.Then she must continueתֵּשֵׁ֖בte.ShevH3427inעַל־'al-H5921purificationH2893from her bleedingדְּמֵ֥יde.MeiH1818for sixty-sixוְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְשֵׁ֣שֶׁתve.shi.Shim yOm ve.She.shetH8346 H3117 H8337daysיָמִ֔יםya.MimH3117.

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