Leviticus 13:49

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Leviticus 13:49 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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if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the infection is yellowish-green or reddish on the clothing or on the leather or in the warp or in the woof or on any article of leather, it an infection of disease. And the priest shall be made to see.

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
    if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And if the sore be greene or somewhat reddish in the garment or in ye skin, or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing that is made of skin, it is a plague of leprosie and shalbe shewed vnto the Priest.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    If it be infected with a white or red spot, it shall be accounted the leprosy, and shall be shewn to the priest.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and the plague hath been very green or very red in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it `is' a plague of leprosy, and it hath been shewn the priest.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the plague has been greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it [is] a plague of leprosy, and it has been shown [to] the priest.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    if there is a greenish or reddish contamination in the garment, the leather, the woven or knitted material, or anything made of leather, then it is a mildew that spreads; it must be shown to the priest.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the infection is yellowish-green or reddish on the clothing or on the leather or in the warp or in the woof or on any article of leather, it an infection of disease. And the priest shall be made to see.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and the sore is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is the sore of leprosy, and shall be shewn unto the priest.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of leather; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin: it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    If the spot is green or red on the material, whether it's leather, woven, or knitted or some other leather item, then it is infected with mold and must be shown to the priest.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    If the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown unto the priest.

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יְרַקְרַ֣ק
yᵉraqraq
H3422
“pale green”
Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Adjective
Type
Adjective
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same as H3418

TWOT: 918e

greenish, pale green, greenish-yellow
  1. וְהָיָ֨ה hâyâh H1961 “and · to be” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. הַנֶּ֜גַע negaʻ H5061 “the · plague” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  3. א֣וֹ ʼôw H176 “or” Conjunction
  4. אֲדַמְדָּ֗ם ʼădamdâm H125 “reddish” Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. בַּבֶּגֶד֩ beged H899 “in/at the · garment” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  6. א֨וֹ ʼôw H176 “or” Conjunction
  7. בָע֜וֹר ʻôwr H5785 “in/at the · skin” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. אֽוֹ ʼôw H176 “or” Conjunction
  9. בַשְּׁתִ֤י shᵉthîy H8359 “in/at the · woven material” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  10. אוֹ ʼôw H176 “or” Conjunction
  11. בָעֵ֨רֶב֙ ʻêreb H6154 “in/at the · mixture” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  12. א֣וֹ ʼôw H176 “or” Conjunction
  13. בְכָל kôl H3605 “in/at · all of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  14. כְּלִי kᵉlîy H3627 “vessel of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  15. ע֔וֹר ʻôwr H5785 “skin” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  16. נֶ֥גַע negaʻ H5061 “plague of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  17. צָרַ֖עַת tsâraʻath H6883 “leprosy” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  18. ה֑וּא hûwʼ H1931 “he” Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  19. וְהָרְאָ֖ה râʼâh H7200 “and · to see” Conjunction + Verb, Hophal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  20. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  21. הַכֹּהֵֽן kôhên H3548 “the · priest” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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22
words
16
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is יְרַקְרַ֣ק pale green H3422 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • יְרַקְרַ֣ק pale green H3422

Shared distinctive vocabulary

יְרַקְרַ֣ק pale green H3422 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 11 nouns
  • 2 adjectives
  • 1 pronoun
  • 5 conjunctions
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וְהָיָ֨ה Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • וְהָרְאָ֖ה Hophal · Sequential Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • הַנֶּ֜גַע plague H5061 ×2
  • בָע֜וֹר skin H5785 ×2
  • א֣וֹ or H176 ×5

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 41 words from the Hebrew and 42 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 22 Hebrew tokens and 35 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.

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Leviticus 13:49 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְהָיָ֨ה הַנֶּ֜גַע יְרַקְרַ֣ק א֣וֹ אֲדַמְדָּ֗ם בַּבֶּגֶד֩ א֨וֹ בָע֜וֹר אֽוֹ בַשְּׁתִ֤י אוֹ בָעֵ֨רֶב֙ א֣וֹ בְכָל כְּלִי ע֔וֹר נֶ֥גַע צָרַ֖עַת ה֑וּא וְהָרְאָ֖ה אֶת הַכֹּהֵֽן

if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Leviticus 13:49 Septuagint · lemma form

καί γίγνομαι ὁ ἁφή χλωρίζω ἤ πυρρίζω ἐν ὁ δέρμα ἤ ἐν ὁ ἱμάτιον ἤ ἐν ὁ στήμων ἤ ἐν ὁ κρόκη ἤ ἐν πᾶς σκεῦος ἐργάσιμος δέρμα ἁφή λέπρα εἰμί καί δεικνύω ὁ ἱερεύς

and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

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)
    וִיהֵי מַכְתָּשָׁא יָרוֹק אוֹ סַמוֹק בִּלְבוּשָׁא אוֹ בְמַשְׁכָּא אוֹ בְשִׁתְיָא אוֹ בְעַרְבָא אוֹ בְכָל מַאן דִמְשַׁךְ מַכְתַּשׁ סְגִירוּתָא הוּא וְיִתַּחֲזֵי לְכַהֲנָא

    (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)
    וִיהֵי מַכְתְּשָׁא יָרוֹק אוֹ סִימוֹק בִּלְבוּשָׁא אוֹ בִצְלָא אוֹ בְשִׁתְיָא אוֹ בְעַרְבָא אוֹ בְּכָל מַאן דִיצְלָא מַכְתַּשׁ סְגִירוּתָא הוּא וְיִתְחֲמֵי לְכַהֲנָא

    if the plague be green or red in the garment, or in the skin, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in anything of leather, it is the plague of leprosy, and must be shown to the priest.

    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 13:49 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 →

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Whether it be garment, vessel, or instrument.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(49) And if the plague be greenish.—If one of

these symptoms manifests itself in a woollen or linen garment, or in a leathern vessel, it must forthwith be shown to the priest. The Jewish canons define the colour of the green symptom to be like that of herbs, and that of the red to be like fair crimson.

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

And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day,.... To see whether there is any alteration in it in that space of time:

if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the green and red spot be spread more and more in either of them, whether the colour remains the same or not, be changed, the green into red, or the red into green, yet if there was a spreading, it was a sign of leprosy. According to the Jewish canon (s), if the plague was green and spread red, or red and spread green, it was unclean; that is, as Bartenora (t) explains it, if it was red in the size of a bean, and at the end of the week the red had spread itself to green; or if at the beginning it was green like a bean, and at the end of the week had spread itself to the size of a shekel, and the root or spread of it was become red:

the plague is a fretting leprosy; according to Jarchi, a sharp and pricking one, like a thorn; which signification the word has in Eze 28:24. Ben Gersom explains it, which brings a curse, corruption, and oldness into the thing in which it is; an old "irritated, exasperated" leprosy, as Bochart (u), from the use of the word in the Arabic tongue, translates it:

it is unclean; and the garment or thing in which it is.

(s) Misn. Negaim, c. 11. sect. 3, 4. (t) In ib. (u) Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 45. col. 493.

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

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

White. Hebrew and Septuagint, "greenish."

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 49-59. The priest is to deal with the texture as nearly as may be in the same way that lie dealt with the human subject, in order to discriminate between a tempo-rare discoloration and a real leprosy. He shall shut up it that hath the plague seven days (verse 50), may, as before, mean, he shall bind up the place affected seven days. If the priest judges that it is leprosy, he is to burn the garment, if not, to tear out the piece affected, whether it be in the warp, or in the woof, that is, in whatever part it appears, and to wash the remainder twice. The expression, whether it be bare within or without, literally, whether it be bald in the head thereof or in the forehead thereof, means, "whether the fault appear in the front or in the back of the texture."

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

ירקרק denotes green amongst the greens (the deepest green).

אדמדם — the deepest red (Sifra, Tazria Parashat Nega'im, Chapter 14 2).

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.

Lesson kit

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Leviticus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 22 words (16 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is yᵉraqraq (“pale green”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “pale green” (yᵉraqraq) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. This is the first place “pale green” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
  3. How does Leviticus 14:37, which shares the word «pale green», read alongside this verse?
  4. What does the repetition of “plague” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  5. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  6. «וְהָיָ֨ה» is a Qal Sequential Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  7. Compare how Geneva Bible (1599) and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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