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Leviticus 14

Lev. 14:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then shall 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
command
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
to take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
for him that is to be cleansed
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
ηbirds
tsippowr (Hebrew #6833)
from 6852; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV usage: bird, fowl, sparrow.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: or tsippor {tsip-pore'}
alive
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
and 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'}
, andq cedar
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
, and scarlet
towla` (Hebrew #8438)
or towla ath {to-lah'-ath}; or tolaiath {to-lah'-ath}; from 3216; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of 8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith
KJV usage: crimson, scarlet, worm.
Pronounce: to-law'
Origin: and (feminine) towleoah {to-lay-aw'}
shaniy (Hebrew #8144)
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
KJV usage: crimson, scarlet (thread).
Pronounce: shaw-nee'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, ands hyssop
'ezowb (Hebrew #231)
hyssop
KJV usage: hyssop.
Pronounce: ay-zobe'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
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or, sparrows.
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Num. 19:6• 6And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (Num. 19:6)
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Heb. 9:19• 19For every commandment having been spoken according to the law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, (Heb. 9:19)
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Psa. 51:7• 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:7)

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Birds,
Cedar,
Hyssop,
Priest; Priesthood,
Scarlet

Cross References

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two birds.
or, sparrows.The word {tzippor,} from the Arabic {zaphara,} to fly, is used in the Scriptures to denote birds of every species, particularly small birds.
But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the sparrow.
Aquinas says the same; and Jerome renders it here the sparrow.
So the Greek [strouthia,] in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a sparrow, is rendered by the Syriac translator {tzipparin}, the same as the Hebrew {tzipporim}. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for Nicander calls the hen [strouthos katoikados,] the domestic sparrow, and both Plautus and Ausonius call the ostrich, {passer marinus,} "the marine sparrow."
It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies birds in general; for if the sparrow was a clean bird, there was no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was unclean, then it could not be called clean.
Lev. 1:14• 14And if his offering to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall present his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. (Lev. 1:14)
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Lev. 5:7• 7And if his hand be not able to bring what is so much as a sheep, then he shall bring for his trespass which he hath sinned two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, to Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. (Lev. 5:7)
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Lev. 12:8• 8And if her hand cannot find what is sufficient for a sheep, she shall bring two turtle doves or two young pigeons; one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her; and she shall be clean. (Lev. 12:8)
cedar.
Lev. 14:6,49‑52• 6as to the living bird--he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water;
 49And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;
 50and he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water;
 51and he shall take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times;
 52and he shall purge the house from the defilement with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; (Lev. 14:6,49‑52)
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Num. 19:6• 6And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. (Num. 19:6)
scarlet.
Heb. 9:19• 19For every commandment having been spoken according to the law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, (Heb. 9:19)
hyssop.
Ex. 12:22• 22And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and smear the lintel and the two door-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. (Ex. 12:22)
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Num. 19:18• 18and a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and upon all the utensils, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that hath touched the bone, or the one slain, or the dead person, or the grave; (Num. 19:18)
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Psa. 51:7• 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two clean living birdse, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

JND Translation Notes

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Little birds. As "sparrow," Ps. 84.3; 102.7.