tzaraath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various disfigurements of a person's skin, hair, clothing, or home understood as a kind of impurity requiring special rituals of atonement.

Pronunciation

/t͡sɑːˈɹɑː.(ʔ)ɑːt/ /t͡sɑːˈɹɑːt/ /t͡sə-/ /s-/ /-θ/

Word forms

tzaraath tzaraat tsara'at tzoraas zaraath

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew צָרַעַת (tsará'at), originally "smitten" or "struck" from various skin afflictions' supposed divine origin.

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