Leviticus 14:35

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

the owner of the house must come and tell the priest, saying, ‘Something like a mildew appears to be in my house.’

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָא֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַבַּ֔יִת וְהִגִּ֥יד לַכֹּהֵ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּנֶ֕גַע נִרְאָ֥ה לִ֖י בַּבָּֽיִת׃

Transliteration

And bāʾ who-to-him the bayit and higgîd to-the-kōhēn lēʾmōr: like-negaʿ nirʾāh to-me in-the-bayit.

Grammar Details

• *bāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - shall come
• *bayit*: noun, masculine singular - house
• *higgîd*: hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - declare/tell/report
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular - priest
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - to say/saying
• *negaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - plague/mark/infection
• *nirʾāh*: niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - appears/is seen

Word Meanings

• *negaʿ*: plague/mark/infection/affliction
• *nirʾāh*: appears/is seen/seems to be

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seems to me there is a plague in the house:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  let him that oweth the house go ad tell the preast saynge, me thinke that there is as it were a leprosy in the housse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  then shal he that oweth the house, come and tell the prest, and saye: Me thynke there is as it were a plage of leprosy in my house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then he that oweth the house, shall come and tell the Priest, saying, Me thinke there is like a plague of leprosie in the house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He that oweth the house shall come, & tell the priest, saying: Me thinke that there is as it were a plague in ye house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me [there is] as it were a plague in the house:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then hath he whose the house `is' come in and declared to the priest, saying, As a plague hath appeared to me in the house;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then let the owner of the house come and say to the priest, It seems to me that there is a sort of leper's disease in the house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest,‘Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.’

Referenced Verses

• Ps 91:10 : 10 no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.
• Zech 5:4 : 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
• Deut 7:26 : 26 Do not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction just like it. Utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.
• Josh 7:21 : 21 When I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
• 1 Sam 3:12-14 : 12 On that day I will carry out everything I have spoken against Eli’s house, from beginning to end. 13 I have told him that I will judge his house forever because of the sin he knew about. His sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them. 14 Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the guilt of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.
• 1 Kgs 13:34 : 34 This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.
• Prov 3:33 : 33 The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.