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Leviticus 13

Lev. 13:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
shall look
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
: and, behold, if the bright spots
bohereth (Hebrew #934)
a whitish spot on the skin
KJV usage: bright spot.
Pronounce: bo-heh'-reth
Origin: feminine active participle of the same as 925
in the skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
of their flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
be darkish
keheh (Hebrew #3544)
feeble, obscure
KJV usage: somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking.
Pronounce: kay-heh'
Origin: from 3543
white
laban (Hebrew #3836)
from 3835; white
KJV usage: white.
Pronounce: law-bawn'
Origin: or (Gen. 49:12) laben {law-bane'}
; it is a freckled spot
bohaq (Hebrew #933)
white scurf
KJV usage: freckled spot.
Pronounce: bo'-hak
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be pale
that groweth
parach (Hebrew #6524)
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
KJV usage: X abroad, X abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).
Pronounce: paw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
in the skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
; he is clean
tahowr (Hebrew #2889)
from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Pronounce: taw-hore'
Origin: or tahor {taw-hore'}
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Cross References

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if the bright.
Eccl. 7:20• 20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. (Eccl. 7:20)
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Rom. 7:22‑25• 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
 23but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.
 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of this body of death?
 25I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then *I* *myself* with the mind serve God's law; but with the flesh sin's law. (Rom. 7:22‑25)
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James 3:2• 2For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too. (James 3:2)
a freckled spot.The word {bohak,} from the Syriac {behak,} to be white, or shining, here rendered "a freckled spot," is used by the Arabs to denote a kind of leprosy, of which Niebuhr says, "{Bohak} is neither contagious nor dangerous.
A black boy at Mocha, who was affected with this eruption, had here and there upon his body white spots.
We were told that the use of sulphur had relieved this boy for a time, but had not entirely removed the disease."
He adds subsequently from Forskal's papers, "The Arabs call a sort of leprosy, in which some little spots shew themselves here and there on the body, {behaq;} and it is without doubt the same as is named {bohak,} (Le ch. 13).
They believe it to be so far from contagious, that one may sleep with a person affected without danger."
"On the 15th day of May, 1765, I myself first saw the {Bohak} leprosy in a Jew at Mocha.
The spots in this disease are of an unequal size.
They do not shine; are not perceptibly higher than the skin; and do not change the colour of the hair.
Their colour is an obscure white, inclining to red.
The rest of the skin of the patient was darker than that of the people of the country in general; but the spots were not so white as the skin of an European, when not sun-burnt.
The spots in this leprosy do not appear on the hands, or near the navel, but on the neck and face, yet not on that part where the hair grows thick.
They gradually spread, and continue sometimes only about two months, but in some cases one or two years, and then disappear by degrees, of themselves.
This disorder is neither contagious nor hereditary, nor does it occasion any inconvenience."
Hence a person infected with the {bohak} is declared clean.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the priest look, and behold, there are in the skin of their flesh pale white spots, it is an eruption which is broken out in the skin: he is clean.