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Leviticus 13:45
“And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6879 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- leper, leprous.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- צָּר֜וּעַ — verb Qal, passive participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 20 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:6Leviticus 13:44Leviticus 14:2Leviticus 14:3Leviticus 22:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צָרַע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.