What Does Leviticus 13:32 Mean in the King James?

And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;

Leviticus 13:32 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The diagnosis rests on three visible signs, spread, hair color, and depth, so the condition’s name alone does not settle what the body is showing.

THE MEANING

On the seventh day, the priest looks again at the scalp condition. Its spread, the presence of yellow hair, and its depth beneath the skin remain distinct signs, so the case is read from what is actually visible.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that a visible mark, by itself, tells the whole story.

THE ROOT

רָאָה

ra'ah

GROWS FROM

ראה

r-ʾ-h

to see, look, perceive

“look / in sight” in this verse is ra'ah. The Hebrew uses the seeing-root both for the priest’s act of looking and for the lesion’s visible appearance. That links the judgment to what can actually be seen: spread, hair color, and depth.

ALSO GROWS

ra'ah: to see, look at, perceive

רָאָה

This is the priest’s act of examining the condition.

mar'eh: the visible aspect of something

מַרְאֶה

The KJV’s “in sight” refers to the lesion’s appearance and how deeply it seems to reach.

נֶתֶק

neteq

GROWS FROM

נתק

n-t-q

to tear or pull away; to detach

“scall” in this verse is neteq. The condition-word neteq is linked to the root for tearing or pulling something loose, carrying an echo of separation at the hair-bearing surface. That root gives added texture to the verse’s close attention to hair and spread.

ALSO GROWS

nataq: to pull off, tear away, or detach

נָתַק

This verbal form gives the condition’s name an echo of loosening or separation.

neteq: a scalp condition

נֶתֶק

The word names the condition whose spread and hair color the priest examines.

THE PATTERN

Sound judgment waits for visible evidence to be examined before it settles a case.

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Deuteronomy 19:18 · KJVThe judgment follows careful inquiry into the evidence, as this examination follows careful attention to visible signs.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Proverbs 18:13 · KJVThe verse names the mistake of reaching a conclusion before the matter has been fully examined.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matthew 7:16 · KJVThe judgment rests on observable fruit, just as this diagnosis rests on what the examination actually reveals.

THE THREAD

And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

Leviticus 13:3 · KJV

Leviticus 13:3 uses the same seeing-root in “look” and “in sight,” tying the verdict to visible signs. Here, that same pattern is applied to a scalp condition and its signs over time.

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