Leviticus 13:11 Go deeper
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It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. (KJV)
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צָרַ֨עַתtza.Ra.'at[is] a serious skin disease
Lemma: צָרַ֫עַת (tsa.ra.at) · Strong's: H6883
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: leprosy
Used 35 times. Also: Leviticus 13:2, Leviticus 13:3, Leviticus 13:8, Leviticus 13:9, Leviticus 13:12, Leviticus 13:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6883; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 1
נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶתno.She.netgrown old
Lemma: יָשֵׁן (ya.shen) · Strong's: H3462
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrfsa)
Meaning: to sleep
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 41:5, Leviticus 26:10, Deuteronomy 4:25, Judges 16:19, 1 Kings 19:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3462; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 2
הִוא֙hi'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 3
בְּע֣וֹרbe.'orin [the] skin of
Lemma: עוֹר (or) · Strong's: H5785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: skin
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:16, Exodus 22:27, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14, Exodus 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5785; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 4
בְּשָׂר֔וֹbe.sa.Roflesh his
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 5
וְטִמְּא֖וֹve.ti.me.'Oand he will declare unclean him
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpq3ms)
Meaning: to defile
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 6
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.Henthe priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 7
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 8
יַסְגִּרֶ֔נּוּyas.gi.Re.nuhe will shut up him
Lemma: סָגַר (sa.gar) · Strong's: H5462
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: to shut
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 19:6, Genesis 19:10, Exodus 14:3, Leviticus 13:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5462; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 9
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 10
טָמֵ֖אta.Me'[is] unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2931
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: unclean
Used 88 times. Also: Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 7:19, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2931; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 11
הֽוּא\׃Hu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Leviticus 13:11 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| it | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is a chronic | → | יָשֵׁן H3462 to sleep |
| skin disease | → | צָרַ֫עַת H6883 leprosy |
| . . . | → | עוֹר H5785 skin |
| . . . | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| and the priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| must pronounce him unclean | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| He need not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| isolate him | → | סָגַר H5462 to shut |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is unclean | → | טָמֵא H2931 unclean |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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