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This isזֹאתthe instructionהַתּוֹרָהfor everyלְכָלleprousהַצָּרַעַתsoreנֶגַעand for ringworm,וְלַנָּתֶק
Leviticus 14:54
Study it in the app“This is the instruction for every leprous sore and for ringworm,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:54, word by word
- the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- 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- and for ringwormנָּתֶקnatek
ringworm, scall
An itching disease of the skin of the head or beard that makes the hair fall out.
Where else “natek” appears
The context
53He shall let go the living bird to outside the city, over the face of the field; so he shall make expiation for the house, and it will be clean.
54 · This verse (above)
55and for the leprosy of a garment and of a house,