נֶגַע m. (b. h.; preced.) plague, esp. suspected leprosy. Neg. II, 4 כיצד ראיית הנ׳ what must be the patient’s position when the priest is examining the plague (Lev. XIII, 3)? Tosef. ib. VI, 7 כיצד ראיית הנ׳ what are the proceedings at examining a plague in the wall?; a. fr.—Pl. נְגָעִים, constr. נגְעֵי. Ib. 1, a. fr. מטמאה בנ׳ is subject to uncleanness from house plagues. Ib. 7 אין הנ׳ … לה"ר plagues are the punishment for an evil tongue. Neg. II, 5 כל הנ׳ … חוץ מנגעי עצמו. a priest may examine all suspicious plagues except his own; a. v. fr.—נְגָעִים the laws concerning plagues. Y. M. Kat. II, end, 81ᵇ; Ḥag. 14ᵃ, v. אָהִיל.—N’ga‘im, name of a treatise of the Mishnah and Tosefta of the Order of Tohăroth, and of a section of Sifra (Thazri‘a and Mʾtsor‘a).
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נֶגַע m. (b. h.; preced. ) plague , esp. suspected leprosy. Neg. II, 4 כיצד ראיית הנ׳ what must be the patient’s position when the priest is…
References
- Jastrow, נְגַע 1
- Mishnah Negaim 2:4
- Leviticus 13:3
- Mishnah Negaim 2:5
- Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan 2:2:2
- Chagigah 14a:3
- Jastrow, *אָהִיל 1