The Meaning of Leviticus 13:29 Explained

Leviticus 13:29

KJV: If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

YLT: 'And when a man (or a woman) hath in him a plague in the head or in the beard,

Darby: And if a man or a woman have a sore on the head or on the beard,

ASV: And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If a man  or woman  have a plague  upon the head  or the beard; 

What does Leviticus 13:29 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 13

1  The laws whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning the leprosy

What do the individual words in Leviticus 13:29 mean?

And a man or woman if has in him a sore on the head the beard
וְאִישׁ֙ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי־ יִהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ נָ֑גַע בְּרֹ֖אשׁ בְזָקָֽן

וְאִישׁ֙  And  a  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִשָּׁ֔ה  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
ב֖וֹ  in  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
נָ֑גַע  a  sore 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.
בְּרֹ֖אשׁ  on  the  head 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בְזָקָֽן  the  beard 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular
Root: זָקָן  
Sense: beard, chin.