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Leviticus 13:52

“He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׂרַףsâraph · saw-raf'
H8313 · Hebrew

Definition: to be (causatively, set) on fire
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
שָׂרַ֨ף — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
Usage: Occurs 117 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:3 Genesis 38:24 Exodus 12:10 Exodus 29:14 Exodus 29:34

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 51 Verse 53

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.