Leviticus 13:59

“This is the instruction for a mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or of linen, or in the woven material or in the knitted material, or in any article of skin, for declaring it clean or for declaring it unclean.””

Leviticus 13:59 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 13:59, word by word

the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “torat” appears
for a markנֶגַעnega

sore

An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.

Where else “nega” appears
of 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
in a garmentבֶּגֶדbeged

garment

A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.

Where else “beged” appears
of woolצֶּמֶרtsemer

wool

Wool.

Where else “tsemer” appears
of linenפִּשְׁתִּיםpishtim

linen, flax

Flax: the plant whose fibers are made into thread and cloth; linen.

Where else “pishtim” appears
in the woven materialשְּׁתִיsheti

warp

Warp: the threads stretched lengthwise on a loom.

Where else “sheti” appears
in the knitted materialעֵרֶבerev

woof

The cross threads of a fabric.

Where else “erev” appears
articleכְּלִיkeli

utensil

Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.

Where else “keli” appears
of skinעוֹרor

skin, leather

Skin, hide; leather.

Where else “or” appears
for declaring it cleanטַהֲרtahar

be clean

To be free of uncleanness under the law.

Where else “tahar” appears
for declaring it uncleanטַמְּאtam

be unclean

To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.

Where else “tam” appears

The context

58But the garment, or the woven material or the knitted material, or any article of skin that you wash, and the mark departs from them, shall be washed a second time and be clean.

59 · This verse (above)

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