The Meaning of Leviticus 14:54 Explained

Leviticus 14:54

KJV: This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

YLT: This is the law for every plague of the leprosy and for scall,

Darby: This is the law for every sore of leprosy, and for the scall,

ASV: This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [is] the law  for all manner of plague  of leprosy,  and scall, 

What does Leviticus 14:54 Mean?

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 14:54 mean?

This [is] the law for any sore leprous and scale
זֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה לְכָל־ נֶ֥גַע הַצָּרַ֖עַת וְלַנָּֽתֶק

זֹ֖את  This  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
הַתּוֹרָ֑ה  the  law 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
לְכָל־  for  any 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
נֶ֥גַע  sore 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נֶגַע  
Sense: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot.
הַצָּרַ֖עַת  leprous 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרַעַת  
Sense: leprosy.
וְלַנָּֽתֶק  and  scale 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֶתֶק  
Sense: scab, skin eruption, scall (of leprosy).