Focused Passage

Leviticus 13:18-23

Priestly Examination of Skin Disease, Uncleanness, and Contaminated Garments

The LORD commands Moses and Aaron to instruct the priests how to examine swelling, rash, bright spots, raw flesh, boils, burns, scalp disease, harmless rashes, baldness-related conditions, confirmed defiling disease, and contaminated fabric or leather, so that clean and unclean may be rightly distinguished.

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18When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,

19and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.

20The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

21But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

22If it spreads any further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is an infection.

23But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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References and Original Words

Verse 18

Original words

Whenכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctiona boilשְׁחִ֑יןH7822Noun - masculine singularappearsיִהְיֶ֥הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularon someone’s skinבְעֹר֖וֹH5785Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. . .וּבָשָׂ֕רH1320Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularand it healsוְנִרְפָּֽא׃H7495Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 19

Original words

and a whiteלְבָנָ֔הH3836Adjective - feminine singularswellingשְׂאֵ֣תH7613Noun - feminine singularorא֥וֹH176Conjunctiona reddish-whiteלְבָנָ֣הH3836Adjective - feminine singular. . .אֲדַמְדָּ֑מֶתH125Adjective - feminine singularspotבַהֶ֖רֶתH934Noun - feminine singulardevelopsוְהָיָ֞הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularwhereבִּמְק֤וֹםH4725Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe boil wasהַשְּׁחִין֙H7822Article | Noun - masculine singularhe must present himselfוְנִרְאָ֖הH7200Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe priestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃H3548Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 20

Original words

The priestהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singularshall examine itוְרָאָ֣הH7200Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularand ifוְהִנֵּ֤הH2009Conjunctive waw | Interjectionit appearsמַרְאֶ֙הָ֙H4758Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularto be beneathשָׁפָ֣לH8217Adjective - masculine singular. . .מִן־H4480Prepositionthe skinהָע֔וֹרH5785Article | Noun - masculine singularand the hair in itוּשְׂעָרָ֖הּH8181Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularhas turnedהָפַ֣ךְH2015Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularwhiteלָבָ֑ןH3836Adjective - masculine singularthe priestהַכֹּהֵ֛ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .נֶֽגַע־H5061Noun - masculine singular constructshall pronounce him uncleanוְטִמְּא֧וֹH2930Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularitהִ֖ואH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularis a diseased infectionצָרַ֥עַתH6883Noun - feminine singularthat has broken outפָּרָֽחָה׃H6524Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularin the boilבַּשְּׁחִ֥יןH7822Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 21

Original words

But whenוְאִ֣ם׀H518Conjunctionthe priestהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singularexamines itיִרְאֶ֣נָּהH7200Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularifוְהִנֵּ֤הH2009Conjunctive waw | Interjectionthere is noאֵֽין־H369Adverbwhiteלָבָ֔ןH3836Adjective - masculine singularhairשֵׂעָ֣רH8181Noun - masculine singularin itבָּהּ֙Preposition | third person feminine singularand it is notאֵינֶ֛נָּהH369Adverb | third person feminine singular. . .מִן־H4480Prepositionbeneathוּשְׁפָלָ֥הH8217Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singularthe skinהָע֖וֹרH5785Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .וְהִ֣יאH1931Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singularand has fadedכֵהָ֑הH3544Adjective - feminine singularthe priestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singularshall isolate himוְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹH5462Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularfor sevenשִׁבְעַ֥תH7651Number - masculine singular constructdaysיָמִֽים׃H3117Noun - masculine plural
Verse 22

Original words

Ifוְאִם־H518Conjunctionit spreads any furtherפָּשֹׂ֥הH6581Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .תִפְשֶׂ֖הH6581Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularon the skinבָּע֑וֹרH5785Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthe priestהַכֹּהֵ֛ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singular-אֹת֖וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularmust pronounce him uncleanוְטִמֵּ֧אH2930Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularitהִֽוא׃H1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularis an infectionנֶ֥גַעH5061Noun - masculine singular
Verse 23

Original words

But ifוְאִם־H518Conjunctionthe spotהַבַּהֶ֙רֶת֙H934Article | Noun - feminine singularremainsתַּעֲמֹ֤דH5975Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularunchangedתַּחְתֶּ֜יהָH8478Preposition | third person feminine singularand does notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlespreadפָשָׂ֔תָהH6581Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularitהִ֑ואH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularis only the scarצָרֶ֥בֶתH6867Noun - feminine singular constructfrom the boilהַשְּׁחִ֖יןH7822Article | Noun - masculine singularand the priestהַכֹּהֵֽן׃סH3548Article | Noun - masculine singularshall pronounce him cleanוְטִהֲר֖וֹH2891Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular

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