דלקת

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־ל־ק (d-l-q)
6 terms

From דלֵקה (“burning”); so called due to the heat given off by an inflamed area, and sometimes by the whole body. (Compare English inflammation, and its relation to flame.) The word appears only once in the Bible (see quotation below), as part of a warning to the people of what will happen if they deviate from the path of Torah.

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Noun

דַּלֶּקֶת • (daléket) f (plural indefinite דַּלָּקוֹת)

  1. (pathology) inflammation (a condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue)
    • Deuteronomy 28:22:
      יַכְּכָה ה׳ בַּשַּׁחֶפֶת וּבַקַּדַּחַת וּבַדַּלֶּקֶת וּבַחַרְחֻר וּבַחֶרֶב וּבַשִּׁדָּפוֹן וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן וּרְדָפוּךָ עַד אָבְדֶךָ׃
      yak'khá H. bashakhéfet uvakadákhat uvadaléket uvakharkhúr uvakhérev uvashidafón uvayerakón ur'dafúkha ád av'dékha.
      The L-RD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
  2. (considered incorrect) Any instance of redness, even one that is not due to an immune response.

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