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But ifוְאִםthe bright spotהַבַּהֶרֶתstaysתַּעֲמֹדin its placeתַּחְתֶּיהָand has notלֹאspread,פָשָׂתָהit isהִואthe scarצָרֶבֶתof the ulcer,הַשְּׁחִיןand the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall declare him clean.טִהֲרוֹ
Leviticus 13:23
Study it in the app“But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer, and the priest shall declare him clean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 13:23, word by word
- the bright spotבַּהֶרֶתbaheret
bright spot
A white, shiny spot on the skin.
Where else “baheret” appears- staysתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “taamod” appears- spreadפָשָׂתָהfasata
spread
Spread, extend; said of a mark on the skin or on a fabric that grows.
Where else “fasata” appears- the scarצָרֶבֶתtsarevet
scar
The mark left when a sore or a burn heals.
Where else “tsarevet” appears- of the ulcerשְּׁחִיןshechin
boil
Boil: a painful inflammation of the skin (Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7).
Where else “shechin” appears- and the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall declare him cleanטִהֲרtihar
declare clean
To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.
Where else “tihar” appears
The context
22And if it spreads widely in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a sore.
23 · This verse (above)
24Or when the body has in its skin a burn by fire, and the patch of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish white or white,