King James Version
Leviticus 13:44 in the King James Version says “He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.”
Leviticus 13:44 · KJV
And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
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.
All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“He is a leprous”
H6879to scourge, i.e., (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“shall pronounce him utterly”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
“shall pronounce him utterly”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
“the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“is in his head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“his plague”
H5061a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)
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