The Meaning of Leviticus 13:44 Explained

Leviticus 13:44

KJV: He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

YLT: he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest doth pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

Darby: he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his sore is in his head.

ASV: he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He is a leprous  man,  he [is] unclean:  the priest  shall pronounce him utterly  unclean;  his plague  [is] in his head. 

What does Leviticus 13:44 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 13:44 mean?

man a leprous he [is] unclean He [is] surely shall pronounce him unclean the priest on his head his sore [is]
אִישׁ־ צָר֥וּעַ ה֖וּא טָמֵ֣א ה֑וּא טַמֵּ֧א יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ נִגְעֽוֹ

אִישׁ־  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
צָר֥וּעַ  a  leprous 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: צָרַע  
Sense: to be diseased of skin, be leprous.
ה֖וּא  he  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
טָמֵ֣א  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
ה֑וּא  He  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
טַמֵּ֧א  surely 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ  shall  pronounce  him  unclean 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ  on  his  head 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
נִגְעֽוֹ  his  sore  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.

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