Lexical Definition

‎נֶגֶף‎ negeph (neh'-ghef) plague ^H:N-M
from ‎נָגַף‎

plague, stumbling.

• a trip (of the foot)
• figuratively, an infliction (of disease)

1) blow, striking, plague
1a) blow, plague (fatal)
1b) striking

See Greek: πληγή · πρόσκομμα · πτῶσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶ֫גֶף‎ noun masculine^{Exod 12:13} blow, striking (as judgment, only P); — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Exod 12:13 + 6 t.; —

1. fatal blow, plague, Exod 12:13 (death of first-born); Exod 30:12; Num 8:19 (indefinite); = pestilence Num 17:11*; Num 17:12*; Josh 22:17.

2. striking, ‎׳‎‎אֶבֶן נ‎ Isa 8:14 i.e. against which the foot strikes and so stumbles (|| ‎צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל‎).

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