Be on your guardהִשָּׁמֶרin a plagueבְּנֶגַעof leprosy,הַצָּרַעַתtaking great careלִשְׁמֹר מְאֹדto doוְלַעֲשׂוֹתaccording toכְּallכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרthe Leviticalהַלְוִיִּםpriestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםinstructיוֹרוּyou;אֶתְכֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרI commanded them,צִוִּיתִםyou shall take careתִּשְׁמְרוּto do.לַעֲשׂוֹת
Deuteronomy 24:8
Study it in the app“Be on your guard in a plague of leprosy, taking great care to do according to all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I commanded them, you shall take care to do.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:8, word by word
- Be on your guardהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appears- in a plagueנֶגַעnega
sore
An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.
Where else “nega” appears- of leprosyצָּרַעַתtsaraat
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- taking great careמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- the Leviticalלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- instructיוֹרוּyoru
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yoru” appears- I commanded themצִוִּיתִtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears
Translation note
The instructions are in Leviticus 13–14.
The context
7If a man is found stealing a person from his brothers, from the sons of Israel, and he treats him as a slave and sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.
8 · This verse (above)
9Remember what YHWH your Elohim did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt.