או נפש אשר תגע. בנבלת הארבעה הנזכרות והם חזיר וחביריו: OR IF ANY ONE TOUCH ANY UNCLEAN THING. [WHETHER IT BE THE CARCASS OF AN UNCLEAN BEAST.] The reference is to the carcass of any of the four mentioned,3The four beasts explicitly mentioned in Lev. 11:4-7. namely, the swine4Lev. 11:7. and his compatriots.5The camel (Lev. 11:4), the rock-badger (Lev. 11:5), and the hare (Lev. 11:6).
או בנבלת בהמה טמאה. למאכלה כסום וחמור ושרץ טמא מהשמונה הנזכרים: OR THE CARCASS OF UNCLEAN CATTLE. Unclean for food such as horses or asses.6These are not explicitly mentioned in the Torah.The carcass of unclean swarming things refers to the carcass of the eight swarming things mentioned in Scripture.7In Lev. 11:29,30.
ונעלם ממנו. ואחר כך יודע או נגע בזב וטמא מת וזבה ונדה: IT BEING HIDDEN FROM HIM. He learned of this8That he was unclean. afterwards.9After coming into contact with what is sacred. [3. OR IF HE TOUCH THE UNCLEANNESS OF MAN.] He touched a man that suffered a flux,10Hebrew, zav. See Lev. 15:2. or someone who was unclean because he touched a dead body,11See Num. 19:11. or a woman who suffered from a flux,12See Lev. 15: 25. or a menstruant.13See Lev. 15:19.