Lexicon / H5424
נֶ֫תֶק
ne.teq
  • scab
  • a tearing off

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: scab

scab, skin eruption, scall (of leprosy)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: scab; a tearing off

Root √נתק: נָתַק vb pull draw tear away apart off Qal draw away draw pull off or pull tear away , Niph be drawn away be torn apart in two snapped , or, be separated . Pi tear apart snap , tear out up . Hiph draw away drag them away . Hoph they were drawn away from the city .

נֶ֫תֶק n.m scab a tearing off . an eruption of skin, on head or in beard, causing suspicion of leprosy (lit.)