H5596b H5596b
strike with scabs—inflict skin disease as judgment
This intensive verb describes God's judgment on Jerusalem's proud women through skin disease. The prophet Isaiah announces that the Lord will smite the daughters of Zion with scabs on their heads, removing their beauty and replacing it with humiliation. The Piel stem emphasizes deliberate, thorough action. The root relates to the noun for 'scab' or skin eruption. This graphic prophecy targets the pride and vanity that Isaiah condemns in chapter 3's catalog of luxury items.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Piel verb 'to strike with scabs/sores,' describing divine judgment through skin disease (Isa 3:17). God will afflict the proud women of Jerusalem with disfiguring scalp conditions, reversing their beauty into shame. Spanish 'herirá con sarna' (will strike with scabs) captures both the violent action and the specific affliction. The prophecy uses physical disease as manifestation of moral corruption. 1×
AR["وَ-يُقَرِّعُ"]·ben["ও-ঘা-দেবেন"]·DE["[ושפח]"]·EN["and-shall-strike-with-scabs"]·FR["[ושפח]"]·heb["ו-שיפח"]·HI["और-खाज-लगाएगा"]·ID["maka-akan-membuat-botak"]·IT["[ושפח]"]·jav["Lan-ndadosaken-borok"]·KO["치시리라"]·PT["E-ferirá-com-sarna"]·RU["и-покроет-паршой"]·ES["Entonces-herirá-con-sarna"]·SW["na-atapiga"]·TR["ve-uyuzla-vuracak"]·urd["اور-چھالے-دے-گا"]
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×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)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×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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.