Word

צָרַע

tsâraʻ · H6879 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

to suffer from a skin disease, to be affected by mildew

State in which humans suffer from a condition that affects the skin, which probably covers diseases such as psoriasis, favus, leucoderma; a person who suffers from this disease is considered ritually unclean, and therefore unable to participate in worship; regarded as infectious, and seen as a curse and a punishment from God

Examples
Exodus 4:6 The LORD furthermore said to him, “Now put your hand inside the fold of your robe.” So he put his hand inside the fold, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow.
Leviticus 13:44 he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head.
Leviticus 13:45 “As for the person who has the leprous infection, his clothes shall be torn and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 4 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 3
Not stated (participle) 3
יָדhand, power 1
מִרְיָםMiriam 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

כlike/as+ שֶׁלֶגsnow 3
בin/on/with+ מֵצַחforehead 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

אֵלֶּהthese 1
וֹhim 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 1
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 3
אָסַףto gather, to assemble 1
שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִןfrom 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

תּוֹרָהlaw, instruction 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

λεπρός leprós · G3015 · leper, one having a dread skin disease: Greek λεπρός directly renders Hebrew צָרַע in LXX texts describing ritual/medical leprosy conditions, maintaining the core semantic domain of skin disease and ritual impurity with near-exact translation equivalence.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Impact002001001024: צָרַע means to be leprous, as of Moses' hand made leprous like snow in Exodus 4:6, and the man with a serious skin disease the priest must examine and pronounce unclean or clean in Leviticus 13:44, 13:45, 14:2, and 14:3.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

צָרַעtsâraʻ · H6879צָרַעַת tsâraʻath · H6883 · skin disease, mildew · 35×צִרְעָה tsirʻâh · H6880 · hornet, wasp · 3×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6879. tsara [צָרַע] verb denominative, only in passive, be struck with leprosy, leprous;…

H6879. tsara
[צָרַע] verb denominative, only in passive, be struck with leprosy, leprous; —
Qal Participle passive צָרוּעַ אִישׁ Lev 13:44; elsewhere as substantive, = leper, Lev 13:45; Lev 14:3; Num 5:2 (all P), Lev 22:4 (H).
Pu`al Participle מְצֹרָע 2Sa 3:29 +, מְצוֺרָע2Ch 26:20; plural מְצֹרָעִים 2Ki 7:3, 2Ki 7:8; feminine מְצֹרַ֫עַת Exo 4:6 +, מְצֹרָ֑עַת Num 12:10; — leprous, of hand Exo 4:6 (J), of person Num 12:10 (twice in verse) (E), 2Ki 5:27; 2Ch 26:20; מְצֹרָעִים אֲנָשִׁים 2Ki 7:3; as substantive = leper 2Sa 3:29; 2Ki 5:1, 2Ki 5:11; 2Ki 7:8; 2Ki 15:5 2Ch 26:21a, 2Ch 26:21b, 2Ch 26:23; הַמְּצֹרָע תּוֺרַת Lev 14:2.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Impact20 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0