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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate with Aramaic שַׁחַפְתָּא, Arabic سُحَاف (suḥāf, “consumption”).
Pronunciation
Noun
שַׁחֶפֶת • (shaḥéfet) f
- (pathology) tuberculosis, consumption
Tanach, Deuteronomy 28:22, with translation of the King James Version:יַכְּכָה יהוה בַּשַּׁחֶפֶת וּבַקַּדַּחַת וּבַדַּלֶּקֶת...- yakəchá YHWH baššaḥéfet uvaqqaddáḥat uvaddalléqet...
- The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation...
References
- “שחפת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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