Tzaraath (Hebrew: צָרַעַת‎ ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease...

God hears and strikes her down with tzaraath. Miriam had to stay outside of the camp for a week due to the tzaraath. During this time, all of Israel waited...

was struck with tzaraath for disobeying God (2 Kings 15:5, 2 Chronicles 26:19–21). Thiele dates Uzziah's being struck with tzaraath to 751/750 BCE, at...

because of the victory that God brought him. However, Naaman suffered from tzaraath, a skin disease often translated as "leprosy". Naaman's wife had a servant...

annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading A person affected by skin disease, or tzaraath This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Metzora...

than a physical one. Once initiated (for the physical signs that initiate tzaraath, zav and niddah, see below) it is generally immeasurable and unquantifiable...

Cushite woman. This criticism displeases God, who punishes Miriam with tzaraath (often glossed as leprosy). Cushites were of the ancestry of either Kush...

Mount) The Torah prescribes rituals addressing the skin condition known as tzaraath and unusual genital discharges in a man or woman (Zav/Zavah), which required...

also refer to: Leprosy (album), an album by the death metal band Death Tzaraath, a condition referred to in the Book of Leviticus translated as "leprosy"...

ben Manoah writes that the textual order of the zav laws near those of tzaraath and embezzlement (me'ilah), and demonstrate that zav status is incurred...

heifer for the water of purification: Numbers 19 An Israelite healed of tzaraath would be presented by the priest who had confirmed his healing "at the...

which lasted for 11 years. Because his father Uzziah was afflicted with tzaraath after he went into the Temple to burn incense, Jotham became governor of...

psoriasis to have been included among the various skin conditions called tzaraath (translated as leprosy) in the Hebrew Bible. The person was deemed "impure"...

the LORD spoke face to face. Miriam was punished with a skin disease (tzaraath) that turned her skin white. Aaron pleaded with Moses to intercede for...

Hebrew-language literist. Kalisher maintained the view that the Torah mentioned Tzaraath is not Leprosy but in fact Vitiligo, Yehuda L. Katzenelson quotes Kalisher's...

text Ebers Papyrus c. 1500 BC in ancient Egypt. Also, the Hebrew word "Tzaraath" from the Old Testament book of Leviticus dating to 1280 BC (or 1312 BC)...

and the Hebrew Bible's various sections regarding signs of impurity (tzaraath). Clearly leprotic symptoms are attested in the Indian doctor Sushruta's...

with the mycobacteria that causes leprosy do not develop the disease. Tzaraath, a Biblical disease that disfigures the skin, is often identified as leprosy...

Trāyastriṃśa heaven. The purification process of the metzora (one afflicted with tzaraath) involved the ritual shaving of the metzorah's entire body except for the...

of Moses. After God departs, Miriam appears white with a skin disease (tzaraath, traditionally translated as "leprosy"). Aaron asks for forgiveness and...

languages have never reached a consensus on these infectious diseases, or tzaraath (צרעת), and the translation and interpretation of the scriptures are not...

camp that Moses alluded to when he prayed that Miriam be healed from her tzaraath by saying "please God heal her" (Numbers 12:13). He appealed to the attribute...

Talmud and Yoreh De'ah suggest that eating meat and fish together may cause tzaraath. Strictly Orthodox Jews thus avoid combining the two, while Conservative...

transmuted into a snake, Moses's hand was temporarily afflicted with "snowy tzaraath", and water was transmuted into blood. In the text, Yahweh instructs Moses...

a priest, on the termination of a Nazirite's vow, after recovery from tzaraath, by a woman after childbirth, after recovery from a state of abnormal bodily...

same roof or tent. Nega'im: (נגעים "Plagues"); deals with the laws of the tzaraath. Parah: (פרה "Cow"); deals largely with the laws of the Red Heifer (Para...

history of leprosy since ancient times. Minh maintained that the biblical tzaraath is synonymous with the modern term vitiligo.[full citation needed] Studying...

keep their hair trimmed, and Leviticus arguing that, in certain cases of tzaraath, the beard and hair should be completely shaved away. Numbers (Ch. 6) additionally...

identified by some as the biblical nethek condition that is part of the greater tzaraath family of skin disorders; the said disorders are purported to being discussed...

Priestly covenant Roles Priestly Blessing Redemption of the firstborn son Tzaraath (skin disease and mildew) The Torah instruction of the Kohanim Sacrifice...