צָהֹבtsâhôb
gleaming, yellow, (of hair) (Leviticus 13:30; Leviticus 13:32; Leviticus 13:36; Leviticus 13:31; Leviticus 13:37)
Pronunciation: tsaw-obe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6669
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 13:30 the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.
- Leviticus 13:32 On the seventh day the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin-deep,
- Leviticus 13:36 the priest must do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).