42
But ifוְכִיthere isיִהְיֶהon the bald headבַקָּרַחַתorאוֹon the bald foreheadבַגַּבַּחַתa reddishאֲדַמְדָּםwhiteלָבָןsore,נֶגַעit isהִואleprosyצָרַעַתbreaking outפֹּרַחַתon his bald headבְּקָרַחְתּוֹorאוֹon his bald forehead.בְגַבַּחְתּוֹ
Leviticus 13:42
Study it in the app“But if there is on the bald head or on the bald forehead a reddish white sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 13:42, word by word
- there isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- on the bald headקָּרַחַתkarachat
bald spot
Hairless patch at the back of the head.
Where else “karachat” appears- on the bald foreheadגַּבַּחַתgabachat
bald spot
Hairless patch above the eyes.
Where else “gabachat” appears- a reddishאֲדַמְדָּםadamdam
reddish
Reddish, tending to red.
Where else “adamdam” appears- whiteלָבָןlavan
white
White. It is the same word as the name "Laban".
Where else “lavan” appears- soreנֶגַעnega
sore
An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.
Where else “nega” appears- 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- breaking outפֹּרַחַתporachat
break out
For a skin disease to spread.
Where else “porachat” appears
The context
41And if his head loses its hair from the front of his face, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean.
42 · This verse (above)
43The priest shall examine him, and if the swelling of the sore is reddish white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,