The priestהַכֹּהֵןshall commandוְצִוָּהthat they emptyוּפִנּוּthe houseהַבַּיִתbeforeבְּטֶרֶםthe priestהַכֹּהֵןcomesיָבֹאto examineלִרְאוֹתthe mark,הַנֶּגַעso thatוְeverythingכָּלthat isאֲשֶׁרin the houseבַּבָּיִתdoes notלֹאbecome unclean;יִטְמָאand afterwardוְאַחַר כֵּןthe priestהַכֹּהֵןshall comeיָבֹאto examineלִרְאוֹתthe house.הַבָּיִת
Leviticus 14:36
Study it in the app“The priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest comes to examine the mark, so that everything that is in the house does not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall come to examine the house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:36, word by word
- The priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall commandצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- that they emptyפִנּוּfinu
clear
To clear a place for someone about to come in.
Where else “finu” appears- the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- comesיָבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- to examineרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- the markנֶּגַעnega
sore
An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.
Where else “nega” appears- become uncleanיִטְמָאyitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “yitma” appears
The context
35the one to whom the house belongs shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like a mark has appeared to me in the house.’
36 · This verse (above)
37He shall examine the mark, and if the mark in the walls of the house is greenish or reddish hollows, and they appear lower than the wall,