H5424 H5424
Scall, skin eruption; an eruptive disease of the scalp or beard examined by priests under purity law.
A specialized medical-legal term confined entirely to the Levitical purity code in Leviticus 13-14. Derived from the root nataq ('to tear away, pull off'), neteq literally suggests something one is inclined to scratch or tear at -- compare the Latin scabies from scabere ('to scratch'). The condition appears on the head or beard and requires careful priestly inspection over two seven-day quarantine periods: the priest looks for depth, spread, and the telltale absence of yellow thin hair (Lev 13:30-37). If it heals and black hair grows in, the person is declared clean. Spanish 'tina' and French 'scall' both attempt to render this dermatological term, which sits in the broader category of sara'at-suspicious conditions.
Senses
1. scall, skin eruption — A scall or eruptive skin condition affecting the head or beard, requiring priestly examination under the Levitical purity system. All fourteen occurrences fall within Leviticus 13:30-37 and the summary at 14:54. The priest inspects for yellow thin hair, depth beneath the skin surface, and whether the condition has spread during two successive seven-day isolation periods. If black hair regrows and no spread is found, the person is declared clean. The term derives from nataq ('to tear away'), evoking the compulsion to scratch at the eruption. 14×
AR["الْقَرَعَ", "الْقَرَعُ", "الْقَرَعِ", "قَرَعٌ", "وَ-لِلْقَرَعِ"]·ben["এবং-খোসপাঁচড়ার-জন্য", "খোস", "সেই-খোস", "সেই-খোসের"]·DE["der-scall", "scall", "und-fuer-der-scall"]·EN["and-for-the-scall", "scall", "the-scall"]·FR["et-pour-le-scall", "le-scall", "scall"]·heb["ה-נתק", "ו-ל-ה-ולנתק", "נתק"]·HI["और-के लिए", "को", "खाज", "चंगा हुआ", "में-चमड़ी", "वह", "सात"]·ID["borok", "dan-untuk-kudis."]·IT["e-per-il-scall", "il-scall", "scall"]·jav["kulit-sirah-kering", "lan-kangge-kulit-sirah-kering"]·KO["그-옴", "그-옴-의", "그-옴-이", "그리고-옷의-나병의", "옴"]·PT["a-tinha", "e-para-a-tinha", "tinha"]·RU["и-для-парши", "парша", "парши", "паршу"]·ES["la-tiña", "tiña", "y-para-la-tiña"]·SW["na-kwa-upara", "upara"]·TR["kızıl-yara", "kızıl-yaranın", "kızıl-yarayı", "ve-kızıl-yara-için"]·urd["اور-چھاجن-کے", "چھاجن", "چھاجن-کی", "چھاجن-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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).