The Meaning of Leviticus 13:38 Explained

Leviticus 13:38

KJV: If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

YLT: 'And when a man or woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots,

Darby: And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots,

ASV: And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If a man  also or a woman  have in the skin  of their flesh  bright spots,  [even] white  bright spots; 

What does Leviticus 13:38 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 13:38 mean?

And a man or a woman if has on the skin of the body bright spots bright spots [specifically] white
וְאִישׁ֙ אֽוֹ־ אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי־ יִהְיֶ֥ה בְעוֹר־ בְּשָׂרָ֖ם בֶּהָרֹ֑ת בֶּהָרֹ֖ת לְבָנֹֽת

וְאִישׁ֙  And  a  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִשָּׁ֔ה  a  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בְעוֹר־  on  the  skin 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
בְּשָׂרָ֖ם  of  the  body 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
בֶּהָרֹ֑ת  bright  spots 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּהֶרֶת  
Sense: white patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin).
בֶּהָרֹ֖ת  bright  spots 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּהֶרֶת  
Sense: white patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin).
לְבָנֹֽת  [specifically]  white 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: לָבָן  
Sense: white.

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