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# יַלֶּפֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3217

**scab** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

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

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: scab\[s\] (2).

## In the verses

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

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;

[Leviticus 22:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.22/#tree)

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3217.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3217/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).