Leviticus 13:46

“All the days that the sore is on him he shall be unclean; he is unclean; he shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.”

Leviticus 13:46 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 13:46, word by word

the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears
the soreנֶּגַעnega

sore

An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.

Where else “nega” appears
he shall be uncleanיִטְמָאyitma

be unclean

To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.

Where else “yitma” appears
uncleanטָמֵאtame

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

Where else “tame” appears
he shall liveיֵשֵׁבyeshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yeshev” appears
aloneבָּדָדbadad

alone, apart

Alone, apart from the others.

Where else “badad” appears
his dwellingמוֹשָׁבmoshav

dwelling

A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.

Where else “moshav” appears
shall be outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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The context

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!’

46 · This verse (above)

47And when a garment has a mark of leprosy, in a garment of wool or in a garment of linen,

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