Les plaques sans poils sont rendues impures après deux semaines ou par deux signes: cheveux fins et jaunes ou expansion. Concernant les cheveux fins et jaunes, [ils sont rendus impurs] initialement, à la fin de la première semaine [de quarantaine], à la fin de la deuxième semaine [ou] après l'exemption. Et concernant l'expansion, à la fin de la première semaine, à la fin de la deuxième semaine [ou] après l'exemption. Et ils sont rendus impurs après deux semaines, qui sont [en fait] treize jours.
Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
הנתקים (bald/blanched spot on the head or on the beard) – plagues that are on the head or on the beard are called נתקים.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
Head or beard ( negaim become unclean for two weeks and by one of the following two signs: by yellow thin hair or by a spreading. Today's mishnah deals with negaim that are found on the head or beard. This topic is dealt with directly in Leviticus 13:29. Such negaim are identified by a thin yellow hair (Leviticus 13:30) or by spreading.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
בשער צהוב דק בתחלה (with thin golden hair at the beginning) – if at the beginning golden hair appeared on him, he (i.e., the Kohen) declares him to be a certified leper.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
"By yellow thin hair" in the beginning, at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after they have been pronounced clean. The yellow thin hair can serve as an identifying mark at the beginning of the examination period, or at the end of any of the weeks of isolation.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
צהוב – similar to gold.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
"Or by a spreading," at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week or after they have been pronounced clean. The spreading must occur at the end of at least one of the weeks.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
בסוף שבוע ראשון ובסוף שבוע שני – if at the end of the first week it spread or their appeared on him golden hair, he (i.e., the Kohen) declares him to be a certified leper. But if not, he isolates him/shuts him up, for the second [week], but if at the end of the second week it spreads, or golden hair appears, he (i.e., the Kohen) declares him to be a certified leper. But if not, he releases him. But if after the release, it spread, or golden hair appears, he (i.e., the Kohen) declares him to be a certified leper.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
They become unclean for two weeks which are only thirteen days. Same as mishnah three.
