H7829 H7829
consumption, wasting disease; chronic illness causing physical deterioration
This medical term describes a wasting disease or consumption, likely tuberculosis or similar chronic respiratory/systemic illness causing progressive deterioration. Both occurrences appear in covenant curse lists: Leviticus 26:16 and Deuteronomy 28:22 threaten this disease as punishment for disobedience. The term emphasizes gradual wasting away rather than sudden death. Ancient Israel knew such diseases well, though lacked modern diagnostic categories. Spanish tisis (tuberculosis/consumption) and French/English 'wasting disease/consumption' all denote chronic, debilitating illness. These curse lists use specific, feared diseases to emphasize covenant consequences—rebellion brings not just hardship but specific, dreaded afflictions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A chronic wasting disease, probably consumption or tuberculosis, appearing in Leviticus 26:16 and Deuteronomy 28:22 as covenant curses. The disease causes gradual physical deterioration and weakness. Spanish 'tisis' (consumption/TB) and English 'wasting-disease, consumption' identify the progressive, debilitating nature. Both contexts threaten this specific affliction as divine judgment for covenant violation, showing ancient Israel's awareness of chronic diseases as particularly feared fates. The specificity intensifies the curse—not just illness, but this particular wasting condition. 2×
AR["السُّلَّ", "بِ-السُّلِّ"]·ben["ক্ষয়রোগ", "ক্ষয়রোগে"]·DE["der-consumption", "mit-wasting-Krankheit"]·EN["the-consumption", "with-wasting-disease"]·FR["avec-wasting-maladie", "le-consumption"]·heb["ב-שחפת", "ה-שחפת"]·HI["क्षय", "क्षय-से"]·ID["dengan-penyakit-kurus-kering", "penyakit-kurus"]·IT["con-wasting-malattia", "il-consumption"]·jav["kering", "mawi-kekirangan"]·KO["폐병과", "폐병으로"]·PT["a-tísica", "com-tuberculose"]·RU["чахоткой", "чахотку"]·ES["con-tisis", "la-tisis"]·SW["kifua-kikuu", "kwa-kifua-kikuu"]·TR["verem", "veremle"]·urd["سوکھاپن", "سوکھے-سے"]
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
† שַׁחֶ֫פֶת n.f. wasting disease, consumption Dt 28:22; Lv 26:16 (H).