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Whenכִּיa leprousצָרַעַתsoreנֶגַעisתִהְיֶהin a human being,בְּאָדָםhe shall be broughtוְהוּבָאtoאֶלthe priest.הַכֹּהֵן
Leviticus 13:9
Study it in the app“When a leprous sore is in a human being, he shall be brought to the priest.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 13:9, word by word
- a leprousצָרַעַתtsaraat
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- soreנֶגַעnega
sore
An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.
Where else “nega” appears- isתִהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- in a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- he shall be broughtהוּבָאhuva
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “huva” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears
The context
8The priest shall examine him, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is leprosy.
9 · This verse (above)
10The priest shall examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a patch of raw flesh in the swelling,