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title: צָרֶבֶת — scab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרֶבֶת (6867), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: scab. BDB 1906: n.f. scab, scar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרֶבֶת

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«צָרֶבֶת» 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:** 6867 · **BDB:** צָרֶ֫בֶת

### Glosses

\[is\].the.scar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6867/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. scab, scar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6867/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. scab, scar, of a sore (lit. a burning, scorching);—cstr. צָרֶבֶת הַשְּׁחִין הִוא Lv 13:23; צ׳ הַמִּכְוָה הִוא v 28.

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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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָרֶבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6867/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.23/)

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וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּ֜יהָ תַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַבַּהֶ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א פָשָׂ֔תָה צָרֶ֥בֶת הַשְּׁחִ֖ין הִ֑וא וְטִהֲר֖וֹ הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* and if in its.place it.will.stay the.bright spot not it.has.spread \[is\].the.scar of the.boil it and he will.declare.him.pure the priest

*JPS 1917:* But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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[Leviticus 13:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.28/)

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וְאִם־תַּחְתֶּיהָ֩ תַעֲמֹ֨ד הַבַּהֶ֜רֶת לֹא־פָשְׂתָ֤ה בָעוֹר֙ וְהִ֣וא כֵהָ֔ה שְׂאֵ֥ת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְטִֽהֲרוֹ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן כִּֽי־צָרֶ֥בֶת הַמִּכְוָ֖ה הִֽוא׃פ

*Word for word:* and if in its.place it.will.stay the.bright spot not it.has.spread in the skin and it \[is\].dull \[is\].the.swelling of the.burn it and he will.declare.him.pure the priest (dm) \[is\].the.scar of the.burn it

*JPS 1917:* And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim, it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burning.

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