LEV 13

Leviticus 13:36

WEB

then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

BSB

the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.

KJV

Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

Matthew Henry

Verses 18–37

Leviticus 13:18–37

The priest is here instructed what judgment to make if there was any appearance of a leprosy, either, 1. In an old ulcer, or bile, that has been healed, Lev 13:18, etc. When old sores, that seemed to be cured, break out again, it is to be feared there is a leprosy in them; such is the danger of those who, having escaped the pollutions of the world, are again entangled therein and overcome. Or, 2. In a burn by accident, for this seems to be meant, Lev 13:24, etc. The burning of strife and contention often proves the occasion of the rising up and breaking out of that corruption which witnesses to men's faces that they are unclean. 3. In a scall-head. And in this commonly the judgment turned upon a very small matter. If the hair in the scall was black, it was a sign of soundness; if yellow, it was an indication of a leprosy, Lev 13:30-37. The other rules in these cases are the same with those mentioned before. In reading of these several sorts of ailments, it will be good for us, 1. To lament the calamitous state of human life, which lies exposed to so many grievances. What troops of diseases are we beset with on every side! and they all entered by sin. 2. To give thanks to God if he has never afflicted us with any of these sores: if the constitution is healthful, and the body lively and easy, we are bound to glorify God with our bodies.

Cross-references: Lev 13:18 · Lev 13:24 · Lev 13:30

Hebrew interlinear

H7200

רָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/

v — see

Derivation: a primitive root;

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

KJV: advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, × indeed, × joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, × be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), × sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, × surely, × think, view, visions.

רָאָה

vb — see

רָאָה 1315 vb. see

Qal 1141

1.

a. see, subj.

b. see, c. acc. rei

2. see, sq. acc. cl. or phr. of closer design

3. see, so as to learn to know

4. abs. see, have (power of) vision

5. see = perceive

6. look at, see, by direct volition

7. of mental observation

8.

a. c. ב, lit., look into, hence look at with interest

b. see, c. acc. rei

Niph.

1. appear

2. be seen

3. be visible

Pu. appar. his bones are not detected

Hithp. recipr. look at each other

Hiph.

1.

a. cause one to see something, shew

b. cause to experience something

2. cause to look intently at, to behold

Hoph.

1. be caused to see, be shewn

2. be exhibited to

H3548

כֹּהֵןkôhên/ko-hane'/

n-m — officiating, priest, acting priest

Derivation: active participle of 3547;

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

KJV: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.

כֹּהֵן

n.m — priest

כֹּהֵן 750 n.m. priest

H2009

הִנֵּהhinnêh/hin-nay'/

dp — lo!

Derivation: prolongation for 2005;

lo!

KJV: behold, lo, see.

הִנֵּה

demonstr.part — lo!

הִנֵּה, once הִנֶּה־ Gn 19:2, demonstr.part. lo!, behold!

H6581

פָּשָׂהpâsâh/paw-saw'/

v — spread

Derivation: a primitive root;

to spread

KJV: spread.

פָּשָׂה

vb — spread

פָּשָׂה 21 vb. spread, intrans.

H5424

נֶתֶקnetheq/neh'-thek/

n-m — scurf

Derivation: from 5423;

scurf

KJV: (dry) scall.

נֶ֫תֶק

n.m — scab

נֶ֫תֶק n.m. scab, an eruption of skin, on head or in beard, causing suspicion of leprosy (lit. a tearing off)

H5785

עוֹרʻôwr/ore/

n-m — skin, hide, leather

Derivation: from 5783;

skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather

KJV: hide, leather, skin.

עוֹר

n.m — skin

עוֹר 99 n.m. skin

1. of men (55 t.)

2. hide of animals (44 t.)

H3808

לֹאlôʼ/lo/

adv — not, no

Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.

לֹא

adv — not

לֹא or לוֹא adv. not

H1239

בָּקַרbâqar/baw-kar/

v — plough, break, inspect, admire, care for, consider

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider

KJV: (make) inquire (-ry), (make) search, seek out.

בָּקַר

vb — inquire

[בָּקַר] vb. inquire, seek—only Pi.

H8181

שֵׂעָרsêʻâr/say-awr'/

n-m — hair

Derivation: or שַׂעַר; (Isaiah 7:20), from 8175 in the sense of dishevelling;

hair (as if tossed or bristling)

KJV: hair(-y), × rough.

שֵׂעָר

n.m — hair

שֵׂעָר 27 n.m. hair

H6669

צָהֹבtsâhôb/tsaw-obe'/

a — golden

Derivation: from 6668;

golden in color

KJV: yellow.

צָהֹב

adj — gleaming

צָהֹב adj. gleaming, yellow (of hair);—

H2931

טָמֵאṭâmêʼ/taw-may'/

a — foul

Derivation: from 2930;

foul in a religious sense

KJV: defiled, infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.

טָמֵא

adj — unclean

טָמֵא adj. unclean

H1931

הוּאhûwʼ/hoo/

p — he, she, it, self, same, this, that, as, are

Derivation: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; he a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

KJV: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

הוּא

m — he

הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it

1. an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

2. It resumes the subj. with emph.

3. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

4. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

5. As an emph. predicate, of God

6. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

7. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

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