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title: צָרַע — be stricken with leprosy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרַע (6879), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: be stricken with leprosy. BDB 1906: vb.denom. be struck with leprosy, leprous. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרַע

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«צָרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be stricken with leprosy** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 20 times · **Key:** 6879 · **BDB:** צָרַע

### Glosses

having.a.skin.disease (4); \[one.who\].has.a.skin.disease (2); \[was.one.who\].had.a.skin.disease (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be stricken with leprosy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6879/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. be struck with leprosy, leprous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6879/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom., only in pass., be struck with leprosy, leprous;— Pt. pass. אִישׁ צָרוּעַ Lv 13:44; elsewhere as subst., = leper, v 45 14:3; Nu 5:2 (all P), Lv 22:4 (H). Pt. מְצֹרָע 2 S 3:29 +, מְצוֹרָע 2 Ch 26:20; pl. מְצֹרָעִים 2 K 7:3, 8; f. מְצֹרַ֫עַת Ex 4:6 +, מְצֹרָ֑עַת Nu 12:10;—leprous, of hand Ex 4:6 (J), of pers. Nu 12:10(×2) (E); 2 K 5:27; 2 Ch 26:20; אֲנָשִׁים מְצֹרָעִים 2 K 7:3; as subst. = leper 2 S 3:29; 2 K 5:1, 11; 7:8; 15:5 = 2 Ch 26:21a; 2 Ch 26:21 b, 23; תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע Lv 14:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6879/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 14:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.2/)

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זֹ֤את תִּֽהְיֶה֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת הַמְּצֹרָ֔ע בְּי֖וֹם טָהֳרָת֑וֹ וְהוּבָ֖א אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* this it.will.be the.legal.\[procedure\] of the.\[one.who\].has.a.serious.skin.disease on the.day his.purification his and he.will.be.brought to the priest

*JPS 1917:* This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest.

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[Leviticus 13:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.44/)

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אִישׁ־צָר֥וּעַ ה֖וּא טָמֵ֣א ה֑וּא טַמֵּ֧א יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ נִגְעֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.person \[who\].has.a.serious.skin.disease he \[is\].unclean he surely.(declare.unclean) he will.declare.him.unclean the priest \[is\].on head his plague his

*JPS 1917:* he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean: his plague is in his head.

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