tzaraath

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

noun

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

OriginHebrew צָרַעַת →
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Meanings

nountzaraath (uncountable)

alternative tzaraat · alternative tsara'at · alternative tzoraas · alternative zaraath

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

Origin

  1. Hebrewצָרַעַת
  2. Englishtzaraath

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

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Translations

Bulgarian цараат
  • цараат (caraat)any of various disfigurements associated with certain kinds of ritual impurity in Judaism
Finnish spitaali
  • spitaaliany of various disfigurements associated with certain kinds of ritual impurity in Judaism
French lèpre
  • lèpreany of various disfigurements associated with certain kinds of ritual impurity in Judaism
German Aussatz
  • Aussatzany of various disfigurements associated with certain kinds of ritual impurity in Judaism
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APA

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Chicago

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