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title: יַלֶּפֶת — scab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַלֶּפֶת (3217), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: scab. BDB 1906: n.f. scab, scurf. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַלֶּפֶת

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«יַלֶּפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scab** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3217 · **BDB:** יַלֶּ֫פֶת

### Glosses

scab\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3217/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. scab, scurf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3217/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. scab, scurf, an eruptive disease, Lv 21:20; 22:22 (in both ‖ גָּרָב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַלֶּפֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3217/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 21:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.20/)

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אֽוֹ־גִבֵּ֣ן אוֹ־דַ֔ק א֖וֹ תְּבַלֻּ֣ל בְּעֵינ֑וֹ א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת א֖וֹ מְר֥וֹחַ אָֽשֶׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* or a.\[man\].hunchbacked or a.\[man\].thin or a.defect in eye his or a.festering.rash or scab\[s\] or a.\[man\].crushed of.testicle

*JPS 1917:* or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;

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[Leviticus 22:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.22/)

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עַוֶּרֶת֩ א֨וֹ שָׁב֜וּר אוֹ־חָר֣וּץ אֽוֹ־יַבֶּ֗לֶת א֤וֹ גָרָב֙ א֣וֹ יַלֶּ֔פֶת לֹא־תַקְרִ֥יבוּ אֵ֖לֶּה לַיהוָ֑ה וְאִשֶּׁ֗ה לֹא־תִתְּנ֥וּ מֵהֶ֛ם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* blindness or a.fracture or a.mutilation or a.running.sore or a.festering.rash or scab\[s\] not you.will.present these to Yahweh and a.fire.offering not you.must.give any of.them on the altar to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

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