The Meaning of Leviticus 13:59 Explained

Leviticus 13:59

KJV: This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

YLT: This is the law of a plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or of linen, or of the warp or of the woof, or of any vessel of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.'

Darby: This is the law of the sore of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, to cleanse it, or to pronounce it unclean.

ASV: This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [is] the law  of the plague  of leprosy  in a garment  of woollen  or linen,  either in the warp,  or woof,  or any thing  of skins,  to pronounce it clean,  or to pronounce it unclean. 

What does Leviticus 13:59 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 13:59 mean?

This [is] the law of the plague leprous in a garment of wool or linen either in the warp woof in anything made of leather to pronounce it clean to pronounce it unclean -
זֹ֠את תּוֹרַ֨ת נֶֽגַע־ צָרַ֜עַת בֶּ֥גֶד הַצֶּ֣מֶר ׀ א֣וֹ הַפִּשְׁתִּ֗ים א֤וֹ הַשְּׁתִי֙ הָעֵ֔רֶב כָּל־ כְּלִי־ ע֑וֹר לְטַהֲר֖וֹ לְטַמְּאֽוֹ פ

זֹ֠את  This 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
תּוֹרַ֨ת  [is]  the  law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
נֶֽגַע־  of  the  plague 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.
צָרַ֜עַת  leprous 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
בֶּ֥גֶד  in  a  garment 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
הַצֶּ֣מֶר ׀  of  wool 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צֶמֶר  
Sense: wool.
הַפִּשְׁתִּ֗ים  linen 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: פֵּשֶׁת  
Sense: flax, linen.
א֤וֹ  either 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אֹו 
Sense: or, rather.
הַשְּׁתִי֙  in  the  warp 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁתִי  
Sense: warp, woven material.
הָעֵ֔רֶב  woof 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֶרֶב 
Sense: woof.
כָּל־  in  anything 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
כְּלִי־  made 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
ע֑וֹר  of  leather 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
לְטַהֲר֖וֹ  to  pronounce  it  clean 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
לְטַמְּאֽוֹ  to  pronounce  it  unclean 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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