Leviticus 13:35

וְאִם־פָּשֹׂה יִפְשֶׂה הַנֶּתֶק בָּעוֹר אַחֲרֵי טָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃

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Hebrew

וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֥ה יִפְשֶׂ֛ה הַנֶּ֖תֶק בָּע֑וֹר אַחֲרֵ֖י טָהֳרָתֽוֹ׃

Greek (Septuagint)

ἐὰν δὲ διαχύσει διαχέηται τὸ θραῦσμα ἐν τῷ δέρματι μετὰ τὸ καθαρισθῆναι αὐτόν,

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Sin autem post emundationem rursus creverit macula in cute,

Spanish

Pero si la tiña se extiende por la piel después de que la persona fue declarada pura,

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Empero si la tiña se hubiere ido extendiendo en la piel después de su purificación,

English

If, however, the scaly outbreak spreads further on the skin after his cleansing,

✦ What the text says

Summary

The verse addresses the case in which a skin condition called netek ("scall", H5424) continues to spread across the skin after the person had previously been declared pure. It establishes a conditional scenario that presupposes an earlier act of purification.

Key words

pa.Soh ("certainly spread", H6581) — absolute infinitive placed before the finite verb; it intensifies the verbal idea, emphasizing the certainty or thoroughness of the spreading.
yif.Seh ("it will spread", H6581) — same root as the infinitive, here in the qal imperfect, indicating an action that is ongoing, repeated, or expected to occur in the future.
Ne.tek ("scall", H5424) — masculine singular noun with the definite article ha ("the", H9009), naming the specific skin affliction under discussion.
'a.cha.Rei ("after", H0310A) — construct form meaning "after [something]," linking the spreading to a prior event.
to.ho.ra.T‑o ("his purification", H2893 + H9023) — feminine singular noun in construct with the pronominal suffix "his," forming the phrase "after his purification."

What the text says

The verse opens with the conditional marker ve'im ("and if", H9002 + H0518A), setting up a hypothetical case within the broader legal description of skin conditions. The core of the sentence uses the construction pa.Soh yif.Seh — an absolute infinitive followed by the finite imperfect of the same root H6581. This doubling is a grammatical pattern in which the infinitive absolute reinforces the verb that follows it, producing a sense of emphasis on the reality or certainty of the spreading, rather than merely stating that it "spreads."

The subject of this spreading is ha-netek ("the scall", H5424 with article H9009), located ba-'or ("in the skin", H5785 with preposition/article H9003). The clause is then anchored temporally by 'acharei tohorato ("after his purification", H0310A construct + H2893 construct + H9023 suffix), a construct chain meaning literally "after the purification of him." This construct phrase ties the spreading event directly to a previous state of ritual purity, marking a contrast between an earlier declared condition and the new development described in this verse.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders the doubled Hebrew construction (pa.Soh yif.Seh) with diachysei diacheētai ("by spreading it spreads"), preserving a similar intensifying repetition. The Vulgate uses "rursus creverit" ("has grown again"), which conveys recurrence but does not reproduce the infinitive-absolute emphasis found in the Hebrew. Modern translations such as BSB ("spreads further") and RV1909/SBLIBRE ("se extiende") render the emphatic Hebrew construction with a single verb, without a formal equivalent to the infinitive absolute's intensifying function.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.