What Does Leviticus 13:50 Mean in the King James?

And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:

Leviticus 13:50 · 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.

THE KEY

The seven days turn first sight into a bounded interval of discernment, not an instant verdict.

THE MEANING

The priest sees a real affliction and shuts away the person who bears it for seven days. The separation is real, and the condition remains under observation through that interval. The verse speaks to your present moment wherever a visible sign is still being observed rather than settled.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The first visible sign tells the whole story.

THE ROOT

וְהִסְגִּיר

wəhissgîr

GROWS FROM

סגר

s-g-r

To close, shut in, or enclose; in some forms and contexts, to hand over.

English can make “shut up” sound only like placement under lock; ⁨סגר⁩ carries both enclosing and handing over. Here, the seven-day limit places the enclosure within a period of examination.

ALSO GROWS

sāgar: To shut or close.

סָגַר

This is the root in its basic form: the person is placed within a boundary while the priest observes the affliction.

hisgîr: To shut in; in some contexts, to hand over.

הִסְגִּיר

The same verb appears in Psalm 31:8 for being shut into an enemy’s hand, showing how the context gives enclosure its force.

THE PATTERN

Discernment waits for the appointed interval to disclose what first sight cannot settle.

Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:

Leviticus 14:38 · KJVA house with a visible affliction is also enclosed for seven days while it is observed.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Genesis 8:10 · KJVA measured pause comes before Noah sends the dove again to learn what has changed.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

1 Corinthians 4:5 · KJVJudgment waits until the appointed time brings what is hidden into view.

THE THREAD

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Psalm 31:8 · KJV

The Psalm uses the same ⁨סגר⁩ (s-g-r) root for being shut into an enemy’s hand, then places that enclosure beside feet set in a large room. It makes the movement from confinement toward spaciousness audible within the language of this verse.

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