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title: מִסְפַּחַת — scruf · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְפַּחַת (4556), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: scruf. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְפַּחַת

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«מִסְפַּחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scruf** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4556 · **BDB:** מִסְפַּ֫חַת²

### Glosses

rash (2); \[is\].a.skin.rash (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scruf [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4556/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4556/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. Lv 13:6, 7, 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִסְפַּחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4556/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.8/)

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וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּשְׂתָ֥ה הַמִּסְפַּ֖חַת בָּע֑וֹר וְטִמְּא֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן צָרַ֥עַת הִֽוא׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.will.see the priest and there! it.has.spread the.skin rash in the skin and he will.declare.him.unclean the priest \[is\].a.serious.skin.disease it

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.

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[Leviticus 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.7/)

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וְאִם־פָּשֹׂ֨ה תִפְשֶׂ֤ה הַמִּסְפַּ֙חַת֙ בָּע֔וֹר אַחֲרֵ֧י הֵרָאֹת֛וֹ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לְטָהֳרָת֑וֹ וְנִרְאָ֥ה שֵׁנִ֖ית אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and if truly.(spread) it.will.spread the.skin rash in the skin after he has.presented.himself to the priest for purification his and he.will.present.himself a.second.\[time\] to the priest

*JPS 1917:* But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again.

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