Leviticus 21:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֽוֹ־גִבֵּ֣ן אוֹ־דַ֔ק א֖וֹ תְּבַלֻּ֣ל בְּעֵינ֑וֹ א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת א֖וֹ מְר֥וֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ׃

Transliteration

Or-gibbēn or-daq or təballul in-ʿênô or gārāb or yallepet or mərôaḥ ʾāšeḵ.

Grammar Details

• *gibbēn*: adjective masculine singular - hunchbacked
• *daq*: adjective masculine singular - dwarf/thin
• *təballul*: masculine singular noun - mixed/confused
• *ʿênô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eye
• *gārāb*: masculine singular noun - scab/itch
• *yallepet*: feminine singular noun - scab/eczema
• *mərôaḥ*: passive participle masculine singular - crushed
• *ʾāšeḵ*: masculine singular noun - testicle

Word Meanings

• *gibbēn*: hunchbacked/crookbacked
• *daq*: thin/dwarf/withered
• *təballul*: white spot/cataract/blemish
• *gārāb*: itch/scab/skin disease
• *yallepet*: ringworm/scab/skin disease
• *mərôaḥ* *ʾāšeḵ*: crushed testicles/damaged testicles

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a bmish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or who has a blemish in his eye, or is scabby, or scabbed, or has broken testicles.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  or croke backed, or perleyed, or gogeleyed, or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  or is croke backed, or hath eny blemysh in the eye, or is gleyd, or is skyrvye or scaulde, or hath his stones broken.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or is crooke backt, or bleare eyed, or hath a blemish in his eye, or be skiruie, or skabbed, or haue his stones broken.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Or is crooke backt, or bleare eyed, or haue a webbe or other blemishe in his eyes, or be skuruie, or skabbed, or hath his stones broken:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;

• World English Bible (2000)

  or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 23:1 : 1 A man shall not marry his father’s wife or dishonor his father’s bed.
• Isa 56:3 : 3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely exclude me from His people.' And let no eunuch say, 'I am a dry tree.'