What Does Leviticus 14:38 Mean in the King James?
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
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 shut door is not the verdict; it is the space in which a verdict becomes possible.
THE MEANING
The priest steps outside, and the house is closed for a measured interval. That pause gives the condition inside time to become clear before the next decision. The verse holds observation as a form of care.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A temporary closure is not the final judgment; the seven-day interval leaves room for the condition to be seen.
THE ROOT
הִסְגִּיר
hisgîr
GROWS FROM
סגר
To close, shut, or enclose; in the Hiphil form, to shut up or confine.
“shut up” in this verse is hisgîr. The word comes from סגר, a root for enclosing. Its forms can name both a shut enclosure and a boundary or frame, so the verse’s closure creates a defined space and interval for discernment.
ALSO GROWS
sāgar: To shut or close.
סָגַר
Genesis 7:16 uses this verb when the LORD shuts Noah in; the shared root names enclosure, while the scene shows what that enclosure means.
misgeret: A frame, border, or rim.
מִסְגֶּרֶת
The same root can describe a formed boundary, illuminating the house’s closure as a temporary boundary around the period of observation.
THE PATTERN
A defined boundary can hold a hidden condition or purpose while it unfolds.
If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.THE THREAD
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.The Hebrew root סגר appears in both verses: here the priest shuts the house, and there the LORD shuts Noah in. The root names enclosure; the scene determines whether it holds a house for inspection or preserves Noah through the flood.
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