“Then went he down,” | וַיֵּ֗רֶד | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | Then down |
“and dipped” | וַיִּטְבֹּ֤ל | To dip, to immerse | dipped |
“himself seven” | שֶׁ֣בַע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | himself seven |
“times” | פְּעָמִ֔ים | A stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) | times |
“in Jordan,” | בַּיַּרְדֵּן֙ | Jarden, the principal river of Palestine | Jordan |
“according to the saying” | כִּדְבַ֖ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | according saying |
“of the man” | אִ֣ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | man |
“of God:” | הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
“and his flesh” | בְּשָׂר֗וֹ | Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man | flesh |
“came again” | וַיָּ֣שָׁב | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | came again |
“like unto the flesh” | כִּבְשַׂ֛ר | Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man | like flesh |
“of a little” | קָטֹ֖ן | Abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) | little |
“child,” | נַ֥עַר | (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age) | child |
“and he was clean.” | וַיִּטְהָֽר׃ | To be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy) | clean |