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he isהוּאa leprousצָרוּעַman;אִישׁhe isהוּאunclean;טָמֵאthe priestהַכֹּהֵןshall surelyטַמֵּאdeclare him unclean;יְטַמְּאֶנּוּhis soreנִגְעוֹis on his head.בְּרֹאשׁוֹ
Leviticus 13:44
Study it in the app“he is a leprous man; he is unclean; the priest shall surely declare him unclean; his sore is on his head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 13:44, word by word
- a leprousצָרוּעַtsarua
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 “tsarua” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall surelyטַמֵּאtame
declare unclean
To pronounce someone unclean, and so keep him away from what is holy.
Where else “tame” appears- his soreנִגְעnig
sore
An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.
Where else “nig” appears- is on his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears
The context
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,
44 · This verse (above)
45And the leper who has the sore —his garments shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall hang loose, and he shall cover himself up to the mustache and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’