The Meaning of Leviticus 14:9 Explained

Leviticus 14:9

KJV: But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

YLT: And it hath been, on the seventh day -- he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean.

Darby: And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave, and he shall wash his garments, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and he is clean.

ASV: And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But it shall be on the seventh  day,  that he shall shave  all his hair  off his head  and his beard  and his eyebrows,  even all his hair  he shall shave  off: and he shall wash  his clothes,  also he shall wash  his flesh  in water,  and he shall be clean. 

What does Leviticus 14:9 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 14:9 mean?

But on the day seventh he shall shave - all the hair off - his head and his beard and - his eyebrows his hair he shall shave off and He shall wash his clothes and wash his body in water and he shall be clean
וְהָיָה֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י יְגַלַּ֣ח אֶת־ כָּל־ שְׂעָר֗וֹ אֶת־ רֹאשׁ֤וֹ וְאֶת־ זְקָנוֹ֙ וְאֵת֙ גַּבֹּ֣ת עֵינָ֔יו שְׂעָר֖וֹ יְגַלֵּ֑חַ וְכִבֶּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֗יו וְרָחַ֧ץ בְּשָׂר֛וֹ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָהֵֽר

בַיּ֨וֹם  on  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י  seventh 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִיעִי  
Sense: seventh.
יְגַלַּ֣ח  he  shall  shave 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלַח  
Sense: to poll, shave, shave off, be bald.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׂעָר֗וֹ  the  hair  off 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׂעָר  
Sense: hair.
אֶת־    - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
רֹאשׁ֤וֹ  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.
זְקָנוֹ֙  his  beard 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: זָקָן  
Sense: beard, chin.
גַּבֹּ֣ת  - 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: גַּב 
Sense: convex surface, back.
עֵינָ֔יו  his  eyebrows 
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
שְׂעָר֖וֹ  his  hair 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׂעָר  
Sense: hair.
יְגַלֵּ֑חַ  he  shall  shave  off 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלַח  
Sense: to poll, shave, shave off, be bald.
וְכִבֶּ֣ס  and  He  shall  wash 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּבַס  
Sense: to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller.
בְּגָדָ֗יו  his  clothes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֶּגֶד 
Sense: treachery, deceit.
וְרָחַ֧ץ  and  wash 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָחַץ  
Sense: to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe.
בְּשָׂר֛וֹ  his  body 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
בַּמַּ֖יִם  in  water 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
וְטָהֵֽר  and  he  shall  be  clean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.

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