The Meaning of Leviticus 13:39 Explained

Leviticus 13:39

KJV: Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

YLT: and the priest hath seen, and lo, in the skin of their flesh white weak bright spots, it is a freckled spot broken out in the skin; he is clean.

Darby: and the priest look, and behold, there are in the skin of their flesh pale white spots, it is an eruption which is broken out in the skin: he is clean.

ASV: then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the priest  shall look:  and, behold, [if] the bright spots  in the skin  of their flesh  [be] darkish  white;  it [is] a freckled spot  [that] groweth  in the skin;  he [is] clean. 

What does Leviticus 13:39 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 13:39 mean?

then shall look the priest and [if] indeed on the skin of the body the bright spots [are] dull white [is] a white spot it [that] grows on the skin [is] clean He -
וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־ בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵּה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא ס

וְרָאָ֣ה  then  shall  look 
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.
וְהִנֵּ֧ה  and  [if]  indeed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
בְעוֹר־  on  the  skin 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
בְּשָׂרָ֛ם  of  the  body 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
בֶּהָרֹ֖ת  the  bright  spots 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּהֶרֶת  
Sense: white patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin).
כֵּה֣וֹת  [are]  dull 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: כֵּהֶה  
Sense: dim, dull, colourless, be dark, faint.
לְבָנֹ֑ת  white 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: לָבָן  
Sense: white.
בֹּ֥הַק  [is]  a  white  spot 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּהַק  
Sense: a harmless eruption of the skin, skin spot.
פָּרַ֥ח  [that]  grows 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַח 
Sense: to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom.
בָּע֖וֹר  on  the  skin 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
טָה֥וֹר  [is]  clean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָהֹור  
Sense: pure, clean.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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