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So the leprosyוְצָרַעַתof Naamanנַעֲמָןwill clingתִּדְבַּקto youבְּךָand to your offspringוּבְזַרְעֲךָforever.”לְעוֹלָםAnd he went outוַיֵּצֵאfromמִלְּhis presenceפָנָיוleprous,מְצֹרָעwhite as snow.כַּשָּׁלֶג
2 Kings 5:27
Study it in the app“So the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever.” And he went out from his presence leprous, white as snow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 5:27, word by word
- So the leprosyצָרַעַתtsaraat
leprosy (tsaraat)
Tsaraat, translated "leprosy": a skin disease that made a person unclean; the same word is used for marks on clothing and on houses (Leviticus 13-14). It covers more than the disease that bears that name today.
Where else “tsaraat” appears- of Naamanנַעֲמָןnaaman
Naaman
Naaman, the name of a descendant of Benjamin and of the Syrian army commander healed by Elisha.
Where else “naaman” appears- will clingתִּדְבַּקtidbak
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “tidbak” appears- and to your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- And he went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- his presenceפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- leprousמְצֹרָעmetsora
have leprosy
Have tsaraat ("leprosy"): a skin disease that made a person unclean (Leviticus 13). It is not exactly the disease called leprosy today.
Where else “metsora” appears- white as snowשָּׁלֶגshaleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “shaleg” appears
The context
26He said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when a man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to take silver and to take clothes, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, male slaves and female slaves?
27 · This verse (above)