רַאֲתָן m. (ראת = רתת) [nervous trembling,] a certain skin disease attended with extreme weakness. Gen. R. s. 41, beg. (ref. to Gen. XII, 17) פרעה בר׳ לקה Pharaoh was smitten with raăthan. Ib. כ"ד מיני … אלא ר׳ בלבד there are twenty-four kinds of skin diseases, but there is none for which connection with woman is bad, except raăthan; Y. Keth. VII, end, 31ᵈ.—בעל ר׳ one afflicted with raăthan. Bab. Keth. 77ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VII, 11; a. fr.
רַאֲתָן
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רַאֲתָן m. ( ראת = רתת ) [ nervous trembling ,] a certain skin disease attended with extreme weakness . Gen. R. s. 41 , beg. (ref. to Gen. XII, 17 )…
References
- Bereishit Rabbah 41:2
- Genesis 12:17
- Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot 7:9:3
- Ketubot 77b:13
- Tosefta Ketubot 7:11