The Meaning of Leviticus 13:28 Explained

Leviticus 13:28

KJV: And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

YLT: And if the bright spot stay in its place, it hath not spread in the skin, and is become weak; a rising of the burning it is, and the priest hath pronounced him clean; for it is inflammation of the burning.

Darby: But if the bright spot have remained in its place, and not spread in the skin, and is pale, it is the rising of the inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the inflammation.

ASV: And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if the bright  spot  stay  in his place, [and] spread  not in the skin,  but it [be] somewhat dark;  it [is] a rising  of the burning,  and the priest  shall pronounce him clean:  for it [is] an inflammation  of the burning. 

What does Leviticus 13:28 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 13:28 mean?

But if in one place stays the bright spot [and] not has spread on the skin but it has faded a swelling from the burn is and shall pronounce him clean the priest for the scar from it [is] -
וְאִם־ תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ תַעֲמֹ֨ד הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת לֹא־ פָשְׂתָ֤ה בָעוֹר֙ וְהִ֣וא כֵהָ֔ה שְׂאֵ֥ת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן כִּֽי־ צָרֶ֥בֶת הִֽוא פ

וְאִם־  But  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩  in  one  place 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
תַעֲמֹ֨ד  stays 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת  the  bright  spot 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּהֶרֶת  
Sense: white patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin).
לֹא־  [and]  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
פָשְׂתָ֤ה  has  spread 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: פָּשָׂה  
Sense: (Qal) to spread.
בָעוֹר֙  on  the  skin 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
וְהִ֣וא  but  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
כֵהָ֔ה  has  faded 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: כֵּהֶה  
Sense: dim, dull, colourless, be dark, faint.
שְׂאֵ֥ת  a  swelling  from 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שְׂאֵת 
Sense: elevation, exaltation, dignity, swelling, uprising.
הַמִּכְוָ֖ה  the  burn 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִכְוָה  
Sense: burnt spot, burn scar.
וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙  and  shall  pronounce  him  clean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
צָרֶ֥בֶת  the  scar  from 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צָרָב 
Sense: scab, scar of a sore adj.
הִֽוא  it  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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