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the priestהַכֹּהֵןshall comeוּבָאand examine it,וְרָאָהand ifוְהִנֵּהthe markהַנֶּגַעhas spreadפָּשָׂהin the house,בַּבָּיִתit isהִואa malignantמַמְאֶרֶתleprosyצָרַעַתin the house;בַּבַּיִתit isהוּאunclean.טָמֵא
Leviticus 14:44
Study it in the app“the priest shall come and examine it, and if the mark has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:44, word by word
- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall comeבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- and examine itרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- the markנֶּגַעnega
sore
An odd patch on skin, clothing or a house.
Where else “nega” appears- has spreadפָּשָׂהpasa
spread
Spread, extend; said of a mark on the skin or on a fabric that grows.
Where else “pasa” appears- in the houseבָּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- a malignantמַמְאֶרֶתmameret
be malignant
Be painful, harmful, that eats away; of a mark, malignant, that does not go away.
Where else “mameret” appears- 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- uncleanטָמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears
The context
43And if the mark returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, and after scraping the house and after it has been plastered,
44 · This verse (above)
45He shall tear down the house, its stones and its timbers and all the clay of the house, and carry them out to outside the city, to an unclean place.