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Leviticus 13:54

Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

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וְצִוָּה֙vetsivahand appointצָוָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and appoint”, a completed action in a sequenceH6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoinappoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.הַכֹּהֵ֔ןhakohenthe priestכֹּהֵןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.וְכִ֨בְּס֔וּvekhibsvand washכָּבַסconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and wash”, a completed action in a sequenceH3526to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurativefuller, wash(-ing).אֵ֥תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בּ֖וֹbvoinבּ֖וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inהַנָּ֑גַעhanagathe plagueנֶגַעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the plague”, the ordinary formH5061a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)plague, sore, stricken, stripe, stroke, wound.וְהִסְגִּיר֥וֹvehisgirvoand shutסָגַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and shut”, a completed action in a sequenceH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.שִׁבְעַתshivatsevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “seven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).יָמִ֖יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…שֵׁנִֽיתshenitagainשֵׁנִיadjective, ordinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “again”, the ordinary formH8145properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, againagain, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more.

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American Standard Version (1901)

then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:

Young’s Literal Translation

then hath the priest commanded, and they have washed that in which the plague [is], and he hath shut it up a second seven days.

World English Bible

then the priest shall command that they wash the thing that the plague is in, and he shall isolate it seven more days.

Darby Translation

then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the sore is, and he shall shut it up seven days a second time.

Douay-Rheims

He shall give orders, and they shall wash that part wherein the leprosy is, and he shall shut it up other seven days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

then the priest shall give directions, and one shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συντάξει ὁ ἱερεύς, καὶ πλυνεῖ ἐφʼ οὗ ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ ἡ ἁφὴ, καὶ ἀφοριεῖ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὴν ἁφὴν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας τοδέυτερον.