Leviticus 14:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertains to his cleansing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֣את תּוֹרַ֔ת אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ נֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־תַשִּׂ֥יג יָד֖וֹ בְּטָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

This tōrat which-in-him negaʿ ṣārāʿat which not-tassīg his yād in-his ṭohŏrātō.

Grammar Details

• *tōrat*: noun, feminine singular construct - law/instruction of
• *negaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - plague/mark/infection
• *ṣārāʿat*: noun, feminine singular - skin disease/leprosy
• *tassīg*: hiphil imperfect 3rd feminine singular - attains/reaches/affords
• *yād*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand/ability
• *ṭohŏrātō*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his cleansing/purification

Word Meanings

• *tōrat*: law/instruction/teaching/directive
• *negaʿ*: plague/mark/infection/affliction
• *ṣārāʿat*: skin disease/leprosy/mold/infectious skin condition
• *tassīg*: attains/reaches/affords/can afford
• *yād*: hand/ability/means/financial capacity

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is the law for anyone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the standard offering for their cleansing.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  This is the law of him in whom is the plague of prosy, whose hand is not ab to get that which pertaineth to his cansing.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  This is the law{H8451} of him in whom is the plague{H5061} of leprosy,{H6883} who{H3027} is not able to get{H5381} [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.{H2893}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  This is the law{H8451} of him in whom is the plague{H5061} of leprosy{H6883}, whose hand{H3027} is not able to get{H5381}{(H8686)} that which pertaineth to his cleansing{H2893}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  This is the lawe of him that hath the plage of leprosye, whose hand is not able to gett that which pertayneth to hys clensynge.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let this be the lawe for the leper, which is not able with his hande to get, that belongeth vnto his clensynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  This is the lawe of him which hath the plague of leprosie, who is not able in his clensing to offer the whole.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  This is the lawe of hym in whom is the plague of leprosie, and whose hande is not able to get that which pertaineth to his clensyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  This [is] the law [of him] in whom [is] the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  This `is' a law of him in whom `is' a plague of leprosy, whose hand reacheth not to his cleansing.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get `that which pertaineth' to his cleansing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, who does not have sufficient means for his purification.”

Referenced Verses

• Lev 14:10 : 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
• Lev 14:21 : 21 And if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil;
• Lev 14:54-57 : 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy and scale, 55 And for the leprosy of a garment and of a house, 56 And for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57 To teach when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
• Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the lives of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their lives from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
• Ps 136:23 : 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures forever:
• Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• 1 Cor 1:27-28 : 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are:
• Lev 13:59 : 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or any thing of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.
• Lev 14:2 : 2 This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest: