What Does Leviticus 13:49 Mean in the King James?

And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:

Leviticus 13:49 · KJV

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

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THE KEY

The word translated “plague” grows from a root for touch or strike, joining the marks on cloth and skin in one language of contact.

THE MEANING

The verse names a greenish or reddish mark wherever it appears, in a garment’s weave, in leather, or on skin, and brings it before the priest. The material bearing the mark does not make it invisible or insignificant.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A mark matters only when it appears on the body itself.

THE ROOT

נֶגַע

negaʿ

GROWS FROM

נגע

n-g-ʿ

To touch, reach, or strike.

“plague” in this verse is negaʿ. The word negaʿ names the affliction, while its root also means to touch or strike. That shared root makes the visible mark a sign of contact, whether it appears on woven cloth, leather, or skin.

ALSO GROWS

nagaʿ: To touch or reach.

נָגַע

This verb shares the root of negaʿ and brings the idea of contact into the verse’s word for affliction.

naguaʿ: Stricken or afflicted.

נָגוּעַ

This form carries the same root into a description of someone who has been struck, a connection echoed in Isaiah 53:4.

THE PATTERN

A visible sign is brought into examination before it settles into judgment.

And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:

Leviticus 14:35 · KJVA suspected mark in the house is reported to the priest, bringing the sign into examination.

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

Proverbs 18:13 · KJVThe verse shows the folly of reaching a judgment before a matter has been heard.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 · KJVWhat presents itself is tested before it is accepted.

THE THREAD

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Isaiah 53:4 · KJV

The Hebrew word translated “plague” here and the word translated “stricken” in Isaiah 53:4 share the root ⁨נגע⁩, touch or strike. The same contact-language connects a mark on fabric or skin with a person described as stricken.

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