Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messageand the mark in the garment, the leather, the warp, the woof, or any leather article is greenish or reddish — it is a skin-plague mark, and it shall be brought to the priest.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gand the affliction in the garment, the leather, the warp, the woof, or any article of leather is greenish or reddish — it is an affliction of tzara'at, and it shall be shown to the kohen.
KJV
King James VersionAnd if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
BSB
Berean Standard Bibleand if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or red, then it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.
Footnotes
The two diagnostic colours — yeraqraq (יְרַקְרַק, greenish) and adamdam (אֲדַמְדָּם, reddish) — are both formed by reduplication, a Hebrew intensification technique that produces an indeterminate shimmering hue: not pure green but 'greeny-green,' not pure red but 'ruddy-reddish.' This grammatical feature signals that the Torah is working with colour approximations rather than precise spectral categories — the kohen must exercise judgment about hue, not follow a colour chart. Both versions render these as 'greenish/reddish,' which captures the general sense while this footnote preserves the grammatical nuance.
