צָרַעtsâraʻ

be struck with leprosy, leprous, only in passive

Pronunciation: tsaw-rah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6879

Meanings

Qal: elsewhere as substantive, = leper (Leviticus 13:44; Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 14:3)

Pu`al: leprous, as substantive = leper (2 Samuel 3:29; 2 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Kings 7:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 4:6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.
  • Leviticus 13:44 the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.
  • Leviticus 13:45 “Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
  • Leviticus 14:2 “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
  • Leviticus 14:3 who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,
  • Leviticus 22:4 “If any of Aaron’s descendants has a skin disease or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen,
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