H6920 H6920
fever; elevated body temperature as symptom of illness, listed among covenant curses
This medical term denotes the feverish heat accompanying disease. It appears exclusively in Leviticus and Deuteronomy's covenant curse lists, where God threatens disobedience with wasting disease and fever. The pairing with 'consumption' and other illnesses indicates serious pathological conditions rather than mild temperature elevation. Fever represented dangerous, potentially fatal sickness in the ancient world before modern medicine, making it an effective curse to enforce covenant loyalty. The term captures the burning, weakening effects of systemic infection.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Leviticus 26:16 pairs qaddachat with 'consumption' (shachephet) as divine punishment for covenant violation, while Deuteronomy 28:22 embeds it in a longer list of afflictions. Spanish uses 'fiebre/con-fiebre' (fever/with fever), French and German parallel 'fever/mit-fever,' all confirming the medical condition. The Deuteronomy passage adds 'inflammation, scorching heat, drought' to the disease catalog, creating cumulative terror. The conjunction 'and with fever' in Deuteronomy reflects its position in the curse series. This is pathological fever associated with wasting illness, not merely warm forehead but life-threatening systemic disease that consumes the eyes and causes anguish (Lev 26:16). The term functions strictly within covenant curse formulae. 2×
AR["الْحُمَّى", "وَبِ-الْحُمَّى"]·ben["এবং-জ্বরে", "জ্বর,"]·DE["der-fever", "und-mit-fever"]·EN["and-with-fever", "the-fever"]·FR["et-avec-fever", "le-fever"]·heb["ה-קדחת", "ו-ב-קדחת"]·HI["और-ज्वर-से", "ज्वर"]·ID["dan-dengan-demam", "demam"]·IT["e-con-fever", "il-fever"]·jav["benter", "lan-mawi-benter"]·KO["그리고-열병으로", "열병을"]·PT["a-febre", "e-com-febre"]·RU["горячку", "и-горячкой"]·ES["la-fiebre", "y-con-fiebre"]·SW["homa", "na-kwa-homa"]·TR["sıtma", "ve-ateşle"]·urd["اور-بخار-سے", "بخار"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† קַדַּ֫חַת n.f. fever;—Dt 28:22; Lv 26:16.