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Leviticus 14:37

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

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וְרָאָ֣הveraahand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and see”, a completed action in a sequenceH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…אֶתetobject 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).הַנֶּ֗גַעhanegathe 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.וְהִנֵּ֤הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.הַנֶּ֨גַע֙hanegathe 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.בְּקִירֹ֣תbeqirotin wallקִירpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.הַבַּ֔יִתhabayitthe familyבַּיִתdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…שְׁקַֽעֲרוּרֹת֙sheqaarurothollow strakeשְׁקַעְרוּרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “hollow strake”, the ordinary formH8258a depressionhollow strake.יְרַקְרַקֹּ֔תyeraqraqotgreenishיְרַקְרַקadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “greenish”, the ordinary formH3422yellowishnessgreenish, yellow.א֖וֹvoalsoאוֹconjunction — “also”H176desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also ifalso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.אֲדַמְדַּמֹּ֑תadamdamotreddishאֲדַמְדָּםadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “reddish”, the ordinary formH125reddish(somewhat) reddish.וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֥ןumareyhenand visionמַרְאֶהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision[idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.שָׁפָ֖לshafalbaseשָׁפָלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “base”, the ordinary formH8217depressed, literally or figurativelybase(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַקִּֽירhaqirthe wallקִירdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the wall”, the ordinary formH7023a wall (as built in a trench)[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;

Young’s Literal Translation

and he hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague [is] in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance [is] lower than the wall,

World English Bible

He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall,

Darby Translation

And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,

Douay-Rheims

And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all the rest,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house, he will see greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them will be beneath the surface of the walls.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὄψεται τὴν ἁφὴν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ ἁφὴ ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις τῆς οἰκίας, κοιλάδας χλωριζούσας, ἢ πυῤῥιζούσας, καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτῶν ταπεινοτέρα τῶν τοίχων.