tzaraath

English

Alternative forms

• tsara'at, tzoraas, zaraath

Etymology

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

Noun

tzaraath (uncountable)

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

Usage notes

These illnesses and conditions have traditionally been translated as leprosy in most English translations of the Bible, although it is now widely acknowledged that the impurities described in the Bible are much broader than Hansen's disease and may not refer to it at all.

Translations

any of various disfigurements associated with certain kinds of ritual impurity in Judaism

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: spitaali (fi)
• French: lèpre (fr) f
• German: Aussatz (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍄𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻 n (þrutsfill)
• Ngazidja Comorian: wenefu class 11
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• Zazaki: gher