The Meaning of Leviticus 21:20 Explained

Leviticus 21:20

KJV: Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

YLT: or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

Darby: or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.

ASV: or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Or crookbackt,  or a dwarf,  or that hath a blemish  in his eye,  or be scurvy,  or scabbed,  or hath his stones  broken; 

What does Leviticus 21:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 21

1  Of the priests' mourning
6  Of their holiness
7  Of their marriages
8  Of their estimation
9  Of the high priest's holiness
10  Of his marriage
13  The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary

What do the individual words in Leviticus 21:20 mean?

or is a hunchback or dwarfed or a man who has a defect in his eye eczema scab - is a eunuch
אֽוֹ־ גִבֵּ֣ן אוֹ־ דַ֔ק א֖וֹ תְּבַלֻּ֣ל בְּעֵינ֑וֹ גָרָב֙ יַלֶּ֔פֶת מְר֥וֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ

גִבֵּ֣ן  is  a  hunchback 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גִּבֵּן  
Sense: hump-backed, crook-backed.
דַ֔ק  dwarfed 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: דַּק  
Sense: thin, small, fine, gaunt.
תְּבַלֻּ֣ל  a  man  who  has  a  defect 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: תְּבַלֻּל  
Sense: obscurity, defect (in vision), confusion.
בְּעֵינ֑וֹ  in  his  eye 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
גָרָב֙  eczema 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּרָב  
Sense: itch, scab.
יַלֶּ֔פֶת  scab 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַלֶּפֶת  
Sense: scab, skin sore, scales, scurf, an eruptive disease.
מְר֥וֹחַ  - 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: מָרֹוחַ  
Sense: bruised, crushed, rub.
אָֽשֶׁךְ  is  a  eunuch 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶשֶׁךְ  
Sense: testicle.

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