Leviticus 13:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, they must go to the priest again.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוֹ כִי יָשׁוּב הַבָּשָׂר הַחַי וְנֶהְפַּךְ לְלָבָן וּבָא אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן

Transliteration

Or when returns the-bāśār the-ḥay and-is-turned to-lābān and-he-comes to-the-kōhēn

Grammar Details

• *ʾô*: conjunction - or
• *kî*: conjunction - when/if
• *yāšûb*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - returns/changes
• *ha-bāśār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the flesh
• *ha-ḥay*: definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the living/raw
• *wə-nehpak*: conjunction + niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and is turned
• *lə-lābān*: preposition + adjective, masculine singular - to white
• *û-bāʾ*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he comes
• *ʾel-ha-kōhēn*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the priest

Word Meanings

• *ʾô*: or/either/otherwise
• *kî*: when/if/because
• *šûb*: return/change/turn back
• *bāśār*: flesh/body/meat/skin
• *ḥay*: living/raw/fresh/alive
• *nehpak*: be turned/be changed/be transformed
• *lābān*: white/pale
• *bāʾ*: come/go/enter
• *kōhēn*: priest/official

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or if the raw fsh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, he shall come to the priest.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if the raw{H2416} flesh{H1320} turn again,{H7725} and be changed{H2015} unto white,{H3836} then he shall come{H935} unto the priest;{H3548}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if the raw{H2416} flesh{H1320} turn again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and be changed{H2015}{(H8738)} unto white{H3836}, he shall come{H935}{(H8804)} unto the priest{H3548};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But and yf the rawe flesh departe agayne and chaunge vnto white, then let him come to the preast

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf the rawe flesh chaunge agayne, and be turned in to whyte, then shall he come vnto the prest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or if the rawe flesh change and be turned into white, then he shall come to the Priest,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Or yf the rawe fleshe turne agayne and chaunge vnto whyte, he shall come to the priest:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Or when the raw flesh turneth back, and hath been turned to white, then he hath come in unto the priest,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or if the diseased flesh is turned again and changed to white then he is to come to the priest,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If, however, the raw flesh once again turns white, then he must come to the priest.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 7:14-24 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 For I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
• Gal 1:14-16 : 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
• Phil 3:6-8 : 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss because of Christ. 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,
• 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord overflowed abundantly along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.