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The priestהַכֹּהֵןshall go outוְיָצָאtoאֶלoutsideמִחוּץthe camp,לַמַּחֲנֶהand the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall examine him,רָאָהand ifוְהִנֵּהthe leprousהַצָּרַעַתsoreנֶגַעhas been healedנִרְפָּאinמִןthe leper,הַצָּרוּעַ
Leviticus 14:3
Study it in the app“The priest shall go out to outside the camp, and the priest shall examine him, and if the leprous sore has been healed in the leper,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:3, word by word
- The priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall go outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- shall examine himרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- the leprousצָּרַעַתtsaraat
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- has been healedנִרְפָּאnirpa
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “nirpa” appears- the leperצָּרוּעַtsarua
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
The context
2“This shall be the instruction for the leper on the day of his purification: he shall be brought to the priest.
3 · This verse (above)
4the priest shall command that they take for the one being purified two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.