Leviticus 13:46

KJV1611 – Modern English

All the days that the plague is in him, he shall be defiled; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־יְמֵ֞י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הַנֶּ֥גַע בּ֛וֹ יִטְמָ֖א טָמֵ֣א ה֑וּא בָּדָ֣ד יֵשֵׁ֔ב מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה מוֹשָׁבֽוֹ׃ ס

Transliteration

All-yəmê ʾăšer the-negaʿ in-bô yiṭmāʾ ṭāmēʾ hûʾ bādād yēšēb from-outside to-the-maḥăneh môšābô. s

Grammar Details

• *yəmê*: noun, masculine plural construct - days of
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/when
• *negaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - mark/plague
• *bô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in him
• *yiṭmāʾ*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be unclean
• *ṭāmēʾ*: adjective, masculine singular - unclean/impure
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he/it
• *bādād*: adverb - alone/isolated
• *yēšēb*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall dwell
• *maḥăneh*: noun, masculine singular - camp
• *môšābô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his dwelling
• *s*: textual marker - section break

Word Meanings

• *yəmê*: days/time/period
• *negaʿ*: mark/plague/infection/lesion
• *yiṭmāʾ*: he shall be unclean/he shall remain impure
• *ṭāmēʾ*: unclean/impure/defiled
• *bādād*: alone/isolated/solitary/separated
• *yēšēb*: dwell/sit/remain/stay
• *maḥăneh*: camp/encampment/settlement
• *môšābô*: his dwelling/his habitation/his residence

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As long as they have the infection, they are unclean. They must live alone; their dwelling must be outside the camp.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defid; he is uncan: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  All the days{H3117} wherein the plague{H5061} is in him he shall be unclean;{H2930} he is unclean:{H2930} he shall dwell{H3427} alone;{H910} without{H2351} the camp{H4264} shall his dwelling{H4186} be.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  All the days{H3117} wherein the plague{H5061} shall be in him he shall be defiled{H2930}{(H8799)}; he is unclean{H2931}: he shall dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} alone{H910}; without{H2351} the camp{H4264} shall his habitation{H4186} be.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And as longe as the dysease lesteth apon him, he shalbe vncleane: for he is vncleane, and shall therfore dwell alone, ad even without the host shall his habitacion be.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And as longe as the sore is vpon him, he shal be vncleane, dwell alone, and haue his dwellinge without the hoost.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As long as the disease shall be vpon him, he shalbe polluted, for he is vncleane: he shall dwell alone, without the campe shall his habitation be.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And as long as the disease lasteth vpon hym, he shalbe defiled and vncleane: he shall dwell alone, euen without the campe shall his habitation be.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  All the days wherein the plague [shall be] in him he shall be defiled; he [is] unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp [shall] his habitation [be].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  all the days that the plague `is' in him he is unclean; he `is' unclean, alone he doth dwell, at the outside of the camp `is' his dwelling.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The whole time he has the infection he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 7:3 : 3 And there were four leprous men at the entry of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
• 2 Kgs 15:5 : 5 And the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
• 2 Chr 26:21 : 21 King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. Jotham his son was in charge of the palace, governing the people of the land.
• Num 12:14-15 : 14 And the LORD said to Moses, 'If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.' 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days, and the people did not journey until Miriam was brought in again.
• Num 5:1-4 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel that they remove from the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall you put out; outside the camp shall you put them, so that they do not defile their camps where I dwell among them. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and removed them outside the camp; as the LORD spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
• Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.
• Lam 1:1 : 1 How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How has she become like a widow! She who was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become a tributary!
• Lam 1:8 : 8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
• Luke 17:12 : 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off:
• 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 Yet not entirely with the sexually immoral of this world, or with the greedy, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person. 12 For what do I have to do with judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
• 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
• 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this letter, note that person and do not associate with him, that he may be ashamed.
• 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
• Heb 12:15-16 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 And nothing unclean shall ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination or a lie: but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.