סַפַּחַת f. (b. h.; סָפַח) rising on the skin, sore. Sifra Thazr., Neg., ch. I (ref. to Lev. XIII, 2) ס׳ שני לשאת (not לבהרת) sappaḥath is secondary to (is a species of) s’eth. Ib.; Shebu. 6ᵇ אין ס׳ אלא טפילה the word sappaḥath itself intimates an attachment to something (ref. to I Sam. II, 36). Yeb. 47ᵇ; 109ᵇ, a. e. קשים גרים לישראל כס׳ בעור proselytes are as bad to Israel as a sore on the skin (ref. to ונספחו, Is. XIV, 1).
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סַפַּחַת f. (b. h.; סָפַח ) rising on the skin, sore . Sifra Thazr., Neg., ch. I (ref. to Lev. XIII, 2 ) ס׳ שני לשאת (not לבהרת ) sappaḥath is…
References
- Jastrow, סָפַח 1
- Mishnah Negaim 1
- Leviticus 13:2
- Shevuot 6b:4
- I Samuel 2:36
- Yevamot 47b
- Yevamot 109b
- Isaiah 14:1