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# סַפַּחַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5597

**eruption** — 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

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

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

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: flaking skin (1); skin (1).

## In the verses

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

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;

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5597.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5597/): 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).