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Rashi on Leviticus 13:6/רש"י על ויקרא י״ג:ו׳

אכהה. הָכְהָה מִמַּרְאִיתוֹ, הָא אִם עָמַד בְּמַרְאִיתוֹ אוֹ פָשָׂה טָמֵא:
1כֵּהֶה means it has become paler than its former color — consequently if it remains in its color or if it has spread he is unclean.
במספחת. שֵׁם נֶגַע טָהוֹר:
2מספחת — This is the name of a clean leprous disease.
גוכבס בגדיו וטהר. הוֹאִיל וְנִזְקַק לְהִסָּגֵר נִקְרָא טָמֵא וְצָרִיךְ טְבִילָה:
3וכבס את בגדיו וטהר AND HE SHALL WASH HIS GARMENTS AND BE CLEAN — Since he required shutting up he was termed (was regarded as coming under the term) “unclean” (although it now transpires that he was clean), and he must undergo immersion in a ritual bath.