This isזֹאתthe instructionתּוֹרַתfor a markנֶגַעof leprosyצָרַעַתin a garmentבֶּגֶדof woolהַצֶּמֶרorאוֹof linen,הַפִּשְׁתִּיםorאוֹin the woven materialהַשְּׁתִיorאוֹin the knitted material,הָעֵרֶבorאוֹin anyכָּלarticleכְּלִיof skin,עוֹרfor declaring it cleanלְטַהֲרוֹorאוֹfor declaring it unclean.”לְטַמְּאוֹ
Leviticus 13:59
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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)