Leviticus 13:44 Go deeper
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He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. (KJV)
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אִישׁ\־'ish-[is] a person
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Leviticus 13:44 word 1
צָר֥וּעַtza.Ru.a'[who] has a serious skin disease
Lemma: צָרַע (tsa.ra) · Strong's: H6879
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)
Meaning: be leprous
Used 20 times. Also: Exodus 4:6, Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 14:2, Leviticus 14:3, Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6879; TAHOT Leviticus 13:44 word 2
ה֖וּאhu'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 13:44 word 3
טָמֵ֣אta.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 13:44 word 4
ה֑וּאHu'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 13:44 word 5
טַמֵּ֧אta.Me'surely <declare unclean>
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
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 13:44 word 6
יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּye.tam.me.'E.nuhe will declare unclean him
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
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 13:44 word 7
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.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 13:44 word 8
בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹbe.ro.Sho[is] on head his
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head
Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Leviticus 13:44 word 9
נִגְעֽוֹ\׃nig.'Oplague his
Lemma: נֶ֫גַע (ne.ga) · Strong's: H5061
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: plague
Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Exodus 11:1, Leviticus 13:2, Leviticus 13:3, Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5061; TAHOT Leviticus 13:44 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| the man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| is diseased | → | צָרַע H6879 be leprous |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is unclean | → | טָמֵא H2931 unclean |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| The priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| must pronounce him unclean | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| . . . | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| because of the infection | → | נֶ֫גַע H5061 plague |
| on his head | → | רֹאשׁ H7218A head |
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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