Lexical Definition

‎נֶתֶק‎ netheq (neh'-thek) scab ^H:N-M
from ‎נָתַק‎

(dry) scall.

• scurf

1) scab, skin eruption, scall (of leprosy)

See Greek: τραῦμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶ֫תֶק‎ noun masculine^{Lev 13:32} scab, an eruption of skin, on head or in beard, causing suspicion of leprosy (literally a tearing off, i.e. what one is inclined to scratch or tear away, compare scabies from scabere, Krätze from kratzen, etc., see Di^{Lev 13:30}); — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute Lev 13:30; Lev 13:32 (twice in verse); Lev 13:33; Lev 13:34 (twice in verse); Lev 13:35; Lev 13:36; Lev 13:37 (twice in verse); ‎נָ֑תֶק‎ Lev 14:54 ‎נֶגַע‎ ‎הַנֶּתֶק‎ Lev 13:31 (twice in verse) (all P).

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