Leviticus 14:57

“to teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the instruction for leprosy.””

Leviticus 14:57 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 14:57, word by word

to teachהוֹרֹתhorot

teach

To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.

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whenיוֹםyom

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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it is uncleanטָּמֵאtame

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

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it is cleanטָּהֹרtahor

clean

Fit under the law for worship, without stain.

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the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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for leprosyצָּרָעַתtsaraat

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.

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The context

56and for a swelling, and for an eruption, and for a bright spot,

57 · This verse (above)

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