Senses
1. bright spot (skin condition) — A bright or white spot on the skin, a technical dermatological term in the Levitical purity laws (Leviticus 13-14) used to diagnose potential skin diseases including leprosy (tzaraat). All forms — singular, plural, with article, and with prepositional phrases — refer to the same diagnostic skin marking. Multilingual evidence is consistent: eng 'bright spot', spa 'mancha brillante', hin 'चमकीला दाग/सफेद', arb 'لُمْعَة/لُمَع', kor '밝은 반점', swa 'doa jeupe/madoa meupe'. 12×
AR["اللُّمْعَةُ","فِي-اللُّمْعَةِ","لُمَعٌ","لُمْعَةً","لُمْعَةٌ","وَ-لِلُّمْعَةِ"]·ben["উজ্জ্বল-দাগ","এবং-উজ্জ্বল-দাগের-জন্য","সেই-উজ্জ্বল-দাগ","সেই-উজ্জ্বল-দাগে"]·DE["der-hell-Fleck","hell-Fleck","hell-spots","in-der-hell-Fleck","und-fuer-der-hell-Fleck"]·EN["and-for-the-bright-spot","bright-spot","bright-spots","in-the-bright-spot","the-bright-spot"]·FR["bright-tache","dans-le-bright-tache","et-pour-le-bright-tache","le-bright-tache","taches-claires"]·heb["ב-ה-בבהרת","בהרת","ה-בהרת","ו-ל-ה-ולבהרת"]·HI["उनके शरीर","और-के लिए","चमकीला दाग","चमकीले दाग","नहीं","सफेद"]·ID["bercak-bercak-putih","bercak-putih","dan-untuk-bintik.","pada-bercak-putih"]·IT["chiaro-macchia","chiaro-spots","e-per-il-chiaro-macchia","il-chiaro-macchia","in-il-chiaro-macchia"]·jav["bereng","bereng-bereng","ing-bereng","lan-kangge-bereng"]·KO["그-밝은-반점-이","그리고-흰-반점의","밝은-반점","밝은-반점-에","밝은-반점-이","밝은-반점들"]·PT["a-mancha-brilhante","e-para-a-mancha-brilhante","mancha-brilhante","manchas-brilhantes","na-mancha-brilhante"]·RU["в-пятне","и-для-светлого-пятна","пятна","пятно","пятном"]·ES["en-la-mancha-brillante","la-mancha-brillante","mancha-brillante","manchas-brillantes","y-para-la-mancha-brillante"]·SW["doa-jeupe","katika-doa-jeupe","madoa-meupe","na-kwa-doa-jeupe"]·TR["parlak-leke","parlak-lekede","parlak-lekeler","ve-parlak-leke-için"]·urd["اور-داغ-کے","داغ","میں-داغ"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)H1818 1. blood (physical substance) (327×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H1320 1. body, physical being (207×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)G4561 1. flesh, physical body (150×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּהֶ֫רֶת n.f. brightness, bright spot, of eruption on skin (NH id., Aramaic בַּהְרָא)—בּ׳ abs. Lv 13:2 + 7 times; בֶּהָ֑רֶת Lv 14:56; pl. abs. בֶּהָרוֹת Lv 13:38, 39;—bright spot (sore, scar, etc.), clean or unclean Lv 14:56; following a burn (from fire) Lv 13:24, 25, 26, 28; possible beginning of leprosy Lv 13:2, 4, 19, 23; but possibly a (passing) eruption מִסְפַּחַת v 6; or due to a boil שְׁחִין v 19, 23;—due to בֹּהַק (q.v.) Lv 13:38, 39.