The Meaning of Leviticus 13:43 Explained

Leviticus 13:43

KJV: Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;

YLT: and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the rising of the very red white plague in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, is as the appearance of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh,

Darby: And the priest shall look on it, and behold, the rising of the sore is white-reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of the leprosy in the skin of the flesh;

ASV: Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the priest  shall look  upon it: and, behold, [if] the rising  of the sore  [be] white  reddish  in his bald head,  or in his bald forehead,  as the leprosy  appeareth  in the skin  of the flesh; 

What does Leviticus 13:43 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 13:43 mean?

And shall examine it the priest and [if] indeed the swelling of the sore [is] white reddish on his bald head or on his bald forehead as the appearance of leprosy on the skin of the body
וְרָאָ֨ה אֹת֜וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה שְׂאֵת־ הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ לְבָנָ֣ה אֲדַמְדֶּ֔מֶת בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ א֣וֹ בְגַבַּחְתּ֑וֹ כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה צָרַ֖עַת ע֥וֹר בָּשָֽׂר

וְרָאָ֨ה  And  shall  examine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
הַכֹּהֵ֗ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְהִנֵּ֤ה  and  [if]  indeed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
שְׂאֵת־  the  swelling 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שְׂאֵת 
Sense: elevation, exaltation, dignity, swelling, uprising.
הַנֶּ֙גַע֙  of  the  sore 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.
לְבָנָ֣ה  [is]  white 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: לָבָן  
Sense: white.
אֲדַמְדֶּ֔מֶת  reddish 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: אֲדַמְדָּם  
Sense: reddish, be reddish.
בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹ  on  his  bald  head 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרְחָה 
Sense: baldness of head, back baldness, bald spot.
בְגַבַּחְתּ֑וֹ  on  his  bald  forehead 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: גַּבַּחַת  
Sense: bald forehead, bald, a bare spot.
כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה  as  the  appearance 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַרְאֶה  
Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
צָרַ֖עַת  of  leprosy  on 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
ע֥וֹר  the  skin 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
בָּשָֽׂר  of  the  body 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.

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