The Meaning of Leviticus 13:47 Explained

Leviticus 13:47

KJV: The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

YLT: And when there is in any garment a plague of leprosy, -- in a garment of wool, or in a garment of linen,

Darby: And if a sore of leprosy is in a garment, in a woollen garment, or a linen garment,

ASV: The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The garment  also that the plague  of leprosy  is in, [whether it be] a woollen  garment,  or a linen  garment; 

What does Leviticus 13:47 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 13:47 mean?

And if a garment that has in it a plague leprous [whether [it is] a garment woolen or a garment linen
וְהַבֶּ֕גֶד כִּֽי־ יִהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ נֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת בְּבֶ֣גֶד צֶ֔מֶר א֖וֹ בְּבֶ֥גֶד פִּשְׁתִּֽים

וְהַבֶּ֕גֶד  And  if  a  garment 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
כִּֽי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
ב֖וֹ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
נֶ֣גַע  a  plague 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.
צָרָ֑עַת  leprous 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
בְּבֶ֣גֶד  [whether  [it  is]  a  garment 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
צֶ֔מֶר  woolen 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צֶמֶר  
Sense: wool.
בְּבֶ֥גֶד  a  garment 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
פִּשְׁתִּֽים  linen 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: פֵּשֶׁת  
Sense: flax, linen.