Leviticus 13:32

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Leviticus 13:32 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priest shall see the infection on the seventh day. And behold, the scall has not spread, and yellow hair is not on it, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin,
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin,
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    After, in the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the sore: and if the blacke spot growe not, and there be in it no yelowe heare, and the blacke spot seeme not lower then the skinne,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And on the seventh day he shall look upon it. If the spot be not grown, and the hair keep its colour, and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    `And the priest hath seen the plague on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread, and a shining hair hath not been in it, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priest has seen the plague on the seventh day, and behold, the scale has not spread, and a shining hair has not been in it, and the appearance of the scale is not deeper than the skin,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    On the seventh day the priest will examine the disease to see if it has spread. If there is no yellow hair, and if the disease appears to be only skin deep,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priest shall see the infection on the seventh day. And behold, the scall has not spread, and yellow hair is not on it, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And when the priest looketh on the sore on the seventh day, and behold, the scall hath not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall doth not look deeper than the skin,
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn’t spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn’t deeper than the skin,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and behold, if the scall spreadeth not, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the scall is not in sight deeper than the skin;
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    On the seventh day the priest will inspect the person again and if the scabby infection has not spread and there is no pale hair in it, and it doesn't seem to be more than superficial,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not seem to go deeper than the skin,
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin,

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צָהֹ֑ב
tsâhôb
H6669
“yellow”
Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Adjective
Type
Adjective
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6668

TWOT: 1880a

gleaming, yellow (of hair)
  1. וְרָאָ֨ה râʼâh H7200 “and · to see” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. הַכֹּהֵ֣ן kôhên H3548 “the · priest” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  3. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  4. הַנֶּגַע֮ negaʻ H5061 “the · plague” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. בַּיּ֣וֹם yôwm H3117 “in/at the · day” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  6. הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ shᵉbîyʻîy H7637 “the · seventh” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Ordinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. וְהִנֵּה֙ hinnêh H2009 “and · behold” Conjunction + Particle, Demonstrative
  8. לֹא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  9. פָשָׂ֣ה pâsâh H6581 “to spread” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. הַנֶּ֔תֶק netheq H5424 “the · scab” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  11. וְלֹא lôʼ H3808 “and · not” Conjunction + Particle, Negative
  12. הָ֥יָה hâyâh H1961 “to be” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  13. שֵׂעָ֣ר sêʻâr H8181 “hair” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  14. וּמַרְאֵ֣ה marʼeh H4758 “and · sight of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  15. הַנֶּ֔תֶק netheq H5424 “the · scab” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  16. אֵ֥ין ʼayin H369 “nothing” Particle, Negative
  17. עָמֹ֖ק ʻâmôq H6013 “deep” Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  18. מִן min H4480 “from” Preposition
  19. הָעֽוֹר ʻôwr H5785 “the · skin” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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21
words
18
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is צָהֹ֑ב yellow H6669 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

צָהֹ֑ב yellow H6669 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 8 nouns
  • 3 adjectives
  • 2 prepositions
  • 5 particles

Verb forms

  • וְרָאָ֨ה Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • פָשָׂ֣ה Qal · Perfect
  • הָ֥יָה Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • הַנֶּ֔תֶק scab H5424 ×2
  • לֹא not H3808 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 36 words from the Hebrew and 40 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 21 Hebrew tokens and 34 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Leviticus 13:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the appearance of it is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
  • Matthew 23:5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
  • Luke 18:9–12 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
  • Romans 2:23 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Leviticus 13:32 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת הַנֶּגַע֮ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹא פָשָׂ֣ה הַנֶּ֔תֶק וְלֹא הָ֥יָה ב֖וֹ שֵׂעָ֣ר צָהֹ֑ב וּמַרְאֵ֣ה הַנֶּ֔תֶק אֵ֥ין עָמֹ֖ק מִן הָעֽוֹר

On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and, behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Leviticus 13:32 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁράω ὁ ἱερεύς ὁ ἁφή ὁ ἡμέρα ὁ ἕβδομος καί ἰδού οὐ διαχέω ὁ θραῦσμα καί θρίξ ξανθίζω οὐ εἰμί ἐν αὐτός καί ὁ ὄψις ὁ θραῦσμα οὐ εἰμί κοῖλος ἀπό ὁ δέρμα

And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin;

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְיֶחֱזֵי כַהֲנָא יָת מַכְתָּשָׁא בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה וְהָא לָא אוֹסֵף נִתְקָא וְלָא הֲוָה בֵהּ שֵׂעָר סֻמָק וּמֶחֱזֵי נִתְקָא לֵית עַמִיק מִן מַשְׁכָּא

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְיֶחְמֵי כַּהֲנָא יַת מַכְתָּשָׁא בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה וְהָא לָא הֲלִיךְ פִּסְיוֹן מַכְתָּשָׁא וְלָא הֲוָה בֵיהּ שְעַר מְצַלְהַב כְּחֵיזוּ דְהַב וְחֵיזְוֵי נִיתְקָא לֵית עַמִיק יַתִּיר מִן מַשְׁכָא

    And the priest on the seventh day shall look upon the plague; and, behold, if the plague hath not gone on in breadth, and no yellow hair like gold be in it, and the appearance of the scurf is not deeper than the skin,

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Leviticus 13:32 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(32) The scall be not in sight deeper than the skin.—Better, the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the other skin. If at the expiration of the seven days’ quarantine, the priest, on examining the spot which had a resemblance to leprosy, finds that it has not developed those signs which this distemper always discloses within this time.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

He shall be shaven,.... His head or beard, where the scall was, as Aben Ezra; and so Ben Gersom, who adds, the law is not solicitous whether this shaving is by a priest or not; so it seems any one might shave him:

but the scall shall he not shave; that is, the hair that is in it, but that was to continue and grow, that the colour of it might be easily discerned at the end of seven other days; according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, he was to shave round about it, but not that itself; Jarchi says, he was to leave two hairs near it (u), that he might know whether it spread; for if it spread it would go over the hairs, and into the part that was shaven; when it would be a clear case it was a spreading leprosy: now, that there might be an opportunity of observing this, whether it would or not, the following method was to be taken:

and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more; by which time it would be seen whether there was any increase or decrease, or whether at a stand, and of what colour the hair was, by which judgment might be made of the case.

(u) Misn. Negaim, c. 10. sect. 5.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Keil & Delitzsch

C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch

If the mole had not spread by that time, and the two signs mentioned were not discernible, the person affected was to shave himself, but not to shave the nethek, the eruption or scurfy place, and the priest was to shut him up for seven days more, and then to look whether any alteration had taken place; and if not, to pronounce him clean, whereupon he was to wash his clothes (see Lev 13:6).

Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

Yahweh continues telling Moses and Aaron what the people must do when someone has a skin disease.

then he must be shaved, but the diseased area must not be shaved

This can be translated in active form. AT: "the person must shave the hair near the sore but not the hair on the sore" (See: Active or Passive)

translationWords

priest

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

'והנה לא פשה וגו‏‎‎‎ AND BEHOLD IF [THE SCAB] SPREAD NOT etc. — Consequently, if it spreads or there is in it gold-coloured hair it is unclean.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Leviticus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 21 words (18 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tsâhôb (“yellow”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word tsâhôb carries the sense “yellow.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. How does Leviticus 13:30, which shares the word «yellow», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “scab” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «וְרָאָ֨ה» is a Qal Sequential Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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