נֶתֶקnetheq
scurf
Pronunciation: neh'-thek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5424
Meanings
an eruption of skin, on head or in beard, causing suspicion of leprosy, literally a tearing off, i.e. what one is inclined to scratch or tear awayLev 13:30); — ׳ נ absolute Lev 13:30; Lev 13:32 (twice in verse); Lev 13:33; Lev 13:34 (twice in verse); Lev 13:35; Lev 13:36; Lev 13:37 (twice in verse); נָ֑תֶק Lev 14:54 נֶגַע הַנֶּתֶק Lev 13:31 (twice in verse) (all P). (Leviticus 13:32; Leviticus 13:30; Leviticus 13:33; Leviticus 13:34; Leviticus 13:35)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 13:30 the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.
- Leviticus 13:31 If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin-deep but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:32 On the seventh day the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin-deep,
- Leviticus 13:33 the person must shave off all hair except the hair on the affected area. Then the priest must quarantine the person for another seven days.
- Leviticus 13:34 On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
- Leviticus 13:35 But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).