The Meaning of Leviticus 13:40 Explained

Leviticus 13:40

KJV: And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

YLT: And when a man's head is polished, he is bald, he is clean;

Darby: And if a man's hair have fallen off his head, he is bald: he is clean;

ASV: And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the man  whose hair is fallen  off his head,  he [is] bald;  [yet is] he clean. 

What does Leviticus 13:40 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 13:40 mean?

And as for the man whose hair has fallen from his head [is] bald he [is] clean [but] he
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יִמָּרֵ֖ט רֹאשׁ֑וֹ קֵרֵ֥חַ ה֖וּא טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא

וְאִ֕ישׁ  And  as  for  the  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
כִּ֥י  whose 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יִמָּרֵ֖ט  hair  has  fallen 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָרַט  
Sense: to bare, polish, make smooth or bald or bare.
רֹאשׁ֑וֹ  from  his  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
קֵרֵ֥חַ  [is]  bald 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קֵרֵחַ  
Sense: bald.
טָה֥וֹר  [is]  clean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָהֹור  
Sense: pure, clean.
הֽוּא  [but]  he 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.