Lexicon
בֹּ֫הַק
bo.haq
H0933
H:N-M Hebrew

spot

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Hebrew
Language

bo.haq denotes a faint bright skin mark examined by a priest and judged clean.

The term denotes a faint bright mark appearing in the skin, in a context where the priest examines it and the person is declared clean.

Senses in use

  1. Faint bright mark on the skin · dominant

    In Leviticus 13:39, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause about faint white bright marks in the skin. The APB renders the finding as “a spot that has broken out in the skin” and follows it with the judgment that the person is clean.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Leviticus 13:39, the APB presents the skin finding as “a spot that has broken out in the skin.” That wording identifies the verse’s presentation rather than a precise one-to-one rendering.

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