Leviticus 13:41
in Leviticus 13Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean.
KJV
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
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This verse in Leviticus 13
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
has white spots on the skin
on Leviticus 13:38-44
Three conditions are named here only to be cleared: dull white spots, a bald head and a bald forehead. The chapter says he is still clean twice in two verses. The procedure clears people as well as excluding them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head towards his face,....
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם֙ | veim | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מִפְּאַ֣ת | mipeat | from [the] side of | H6285 → | 86 times |
| פָּנָ֔יו | panav | face his | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יִמָּרֵ֖ט | yimaret | it will become bare | H4803 → | |
| רֹאשׁ֑וֹ | rosho | head his | H7218 → | 599 times |
| גִּבֵּ֥חַ | gibeach | [is] bald | H1371 → | |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| טָה֥וֹר | tahor | [is] pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְאִם֙and if
veimH518 →1069 times
מִפְּאַ֣תfrom [the] side of
mipeatH6285 →86 times
פָּנָ֔יוface his
panavH6440 →2123 times
יִמָּרֵ֖טit will become bare
yimaretH4803 →
רֹאשׁ֑וֹhead his
roshoH7218 →599 times
גִּבֵּ֥חַ[is] bald
gibeachH1371 →
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
טָה֥וֹר[is] pure
tahorH2889 →94 times
הֽוּא׃he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.