The Meaning of Leviticus 14:2 Explained

Leviticus 14:2

KJV: This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

YLT: 'This is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he hath been brought in unto the priest,

Darby: This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest,

ASV: This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This shall be the law  of the leper  in the day  of his cleansing:  He shall be brought  unto the priest: 

What does Leviticus 14:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 14:1-20 - The Law Of The Cleansed Leper
The penalty, when leprosy had unmistakably declared itself, included compulsory severance from the camp, the rent garments, the bare head, the covered lip, the cry "unclean," Leviticus 14:45. Sin severs us from fellowship with God and His saints, and makes us a source of contamination to all in contact with us, though they may not realize that we are defiling them.
Being cured, the leper was first restored to the camp, Leviticus 14:1-9. The birds are striking types of death and resurrection. Notice that the blood of one was mingled with fresh, i.e., running, water, because of the perennial freshness of the blood of Christ; and that the ascension of the other, when liberated, is significant of the freedom from the law of sin and death which the soul of the believer experiences through the power of the Holy Spirit. See Romans 8:1-4.
Secondly, the leper was restored to the sanctuary, Leviticus 14:10-20. On the eighth day of resurrection, the blood and oil were placed on thumb and toe and ear, because all our senses have been purchased and consecrated to the service of God. Let us, in gratitude for our own cleansing from sin, consecrate ourselves anew to God! [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 14

1  The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper
33  The signs of leprosy in a house
48  The cleansing of that house

What do the individual words in Leviticus 14:2 mean?

this shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing And He shall be brought to the priest
זֹ֤את תִּֽהְיֶה֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת הַמְּצֹרָ֔ע בְּי֖וֹם טָהֳרָת֑וֹ וְהוּבָ֖א אֶל־ הַכֹּהֵֽן

זֹ֤את  this 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
תִּֽהְיֶה֙  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תּוֹרַ֣ת  the  law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
הַמְּצֹרָ֔ע  of  the  leper 
Parse: Article, Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine singular
Root: צָרַע  
Sense: to be diseased of skin, be leprous.
בְּי֖וֹם  for  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
טָהֳרָת֑וֹ  of  his  cleansing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: טָהֳרָה  
Sense: purifying, cleansing, purification, purity, cleanness.
וְהוּבָ֖א  And  He  shall  be  brought 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַכֹּהֵֽן  the  priest 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.