What Does Leviticus 13:47 Mean in the King James?
The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The hidden force in “plague” is touch: the mark can land on cloth as well as skin.
THE MEANING
The affliction is not limited to a body; it can be present in the garment that covers it, whether wool or linen. The Hebrew word negaʿ carries the sense of a touch or stroke, so the mark is heard as something that has reached even the fabric.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse dissolves the belief that a mark belongs only to the body; even its covering can bear it.
THE ROOT
נֶגַע
negaʿ
GROWS FROM
נגע
To touch, reach, or strike; as a noun, a stroke or affliction.
English “plague” can sound like a general label, but negaʿ carries the sense of a touch or blow that lands. Here that mark reaches beyond skin to the garment itself.
ALSO GROWS
nagaʿ: To touch, reach, or strike.
נָגַע
The verb reveals the physical force inside the verse’s “plague”: something has touched or struck the fabric.
niggaʿ: To be struck or afflicted.
נִגַּע
This form makes the garment the surface that bears the affliction.
higgiaʿ: To reach or arrive.
הִגִּיעַ
The same root can describe what reaches a place; here the mark reaches even the material covering the body.
THE PATTERN
A condition can become visible in what covers a person, bringing the covering itself into discernment.
And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.THE THREAD
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.Exodus 11:1 uses the same Hebrew word, נֶגַע (negaʿ, a stroke or plague), for the blow upon Egypt. The shared root lets the garment’s mark be heard as a touch that lands, not only as a general label.
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