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title: סַפַּחַת — eruption · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַפַּחַת (5597), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: eruption. BDB 1906: n.f. eruption, scab. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַפַּחַת

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«סַפַּחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **eruption** — 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:** 5597 · **BDB:** סַפַּ֫חַת

### Glosses

flaking.skin (1); skin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

eruption [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5597/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. eruption, scab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5597/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. eruption, scab, either malignant or harmless;—abs. שְׂאֵת אוֹ ס׳ אוֹ בְהֶרֶת Lv 13:2 cf. 14:56.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַפַּחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5597/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 14:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.56/)

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וְלַשְׂאֵ֥ת וְלַסַּפַּ֖חַת וְלַבֶּהָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* and to (the) swelling and to.(the) flaking skin and to.(the) bright spot

*JPS 1917:* and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;

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[Leviticus 13:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.2/)

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אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת אֽוֹ־סַפַּ֙חַת֙ א֣וֹ בַהֶ֔רֶת וְהָיָ֥ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ לְנֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת וְהוּבָא֙ אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן א֛וֹ אֶל־אַחַ֥ד מִבָּנָ֖יו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* anyone (dm) it.will.be on the.skin his.flesh his a.swelling or flaking.skin or a.bright.spot and it.will.become on the.skin his.flesh his (into).a plague of.a.serious.skin.disease and he.will.be.brought to Aaron the priest or to one of sons his the priests

*JPS 1917:* When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.

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