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He shall sprinkleוְהִזָּהonעַלthe one being purifiedהַמִּטַּהֵרfromמִןthe leprosyהַצָּרַעַתsevenשֶׁבַעtimes,פְּעָמִיםand declare him clean,וְטִהֲרוֹand let goוְשִׁלַּחthe livingהַחַיָּהbirdהַצִּפֹּרoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the field.הַשָּׂדֶה
Leviticus 14:7
Study it in the app“He shall sprinkle on the one being purified from the leprosy seven times, and declare him clean, and let go the living bird over the face of the field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 14:7, word by word
- He shall sprinkleהִזָּהhiza
sprinkle
Sprinkle, spatter (of blood, oil or water).
Where else “hiza” appears- the one being purifiedמִּטַּהֵרmitaher
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “mitaher” appears- the leprosyצָּרַעַתtsaraat
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- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- and let goשִׁלַּחshilach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilach” appears- the livingחַיָּהchaya
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chaya” appears- birdצִּפֹּרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears
The context
6The living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the living water.
7 · This verse (above)
8The one being purified shall wash his garments, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and he will be clean; and after that he may come into the camp, but he shall remain outside his tent seven days.