Skin Disease Leprosy

צָרַ֫עַת35 n.f. leprosy;—abs. צ׳ Dt 24:8 +, צָרָ֑עַת Lv 13:2 +; cstr. צָרַ֫עַת 2 K 5:27 +; sf. צָרַעְתּוֹ 2 K 5:3, 6, 7;—leprosy 2 K 5:3, 6, 7, 27; 2 Ch 26:19; elsewhere only in laws: נֶגַע צ׳ Dt 24:8, and Lv 13, 14 (P; 29 times): תּוֹרַת הַצּ׳ 14:57; specif. of a. human disease (as above) נֶגַע צ׳ Lv 13:2 + 8 times; without נ׳ 13:8 + 10 times b. leprosy in a garment 13:47, 49, 51, 52, 59 (תּוֹרַת נֶגַע צ׳ בֶּגֶד). c. in house 14:34 (נֶגַע צ׳), v 44; house or garment v 55.—Exact meaning of b. and c. dub., perhaps some fungus or mould; v. especially Di Dr-Wh Baen.

† נֶ֫תֶק n.m. Lv 13:32 scab, an eruption of skin, on head or in beard, causing suspicion of leprosy (lit. a tearing off, i.e. what one is inclined to scratch or tear away, cf. scabies from scabere, Krätze from kratzen, etc., v. Di Lv 13:30);—נ׳ abs. Lv 13:30, 32(×2), 33, 34(×2), 35, 36, 37(×2); נָתֶ֑ק 14:54; נֶגַע הַנֶּתֶק 13:31(×2) (all P).

† שְׂאֵת n.f. 1. exaltation, dignity. 2. swelling. 3. uprising;—שׂ׳ abs. Gn 4:7 +, cstr. Lv 13:28 +; sf. שְׂאֵתוֹ Jb 13:11 +; (מִ)שֵּׂתוֹ 41:17;— 1. dignity Gn 49:3 (dignity of first-born), ψ 62:5, of Chaldeans Hb 1:7; of God, his exaltation, loftiness Jb 13:11; 31:23. 2. swelling, eruption, בְּעוֹר בָּשָׂר Lv 13:2 (+ סַפַּחַת, בַּהֶרֶת), cf. 14:56 (+ id.); also 13:10(×2), 19, 28, שׂ׳ הַנֶּגַע v 43 (all P). 3. uprising, Jb 41:17 at his uprising the mighty are in dread. 4. Gn 4:7 is dub.;—is there not acceptance? 𝔖 𝔙 al.; forgiveness 𝔗 Holz al.; uplifting of countenance, cheerfulness, Ew De Ke Di Kau.

λέπρ-α, Ionic dialect λέπ-ρη, ἡ, (λεπίς) leprosy, which makes the skin scaly, LXX+5th c.BC+

† יַלֶּ֫פֶת n.f. scab, scurf, an eruptive disease, Lv 21:20; 22:22 (in both ‖ גָּרָב).

† בֹּ֫הַק n.m. a harmless eruption on the skin (NH id., Aramaic בּוֹהֲקָא; Arabic بَهَقٌ ) Lv 13:39.

† שִׂפַּח vb. Pi. denom. cause a scab upon, smite with scab (שׂ subst. for ס);—וְשִׂפַּח אֲדֹנָי קָּדְקָד וגו׳ (consec.) Is 3:17 and Adonay shall smite with scab the crown of the daughters of Zion.