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yallefet יַלֶּ֫פֶת ‘scab’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root apparently meaning to stick or scrape

yallefet n, f
1) scab, skin sore, scales, scurf, an eruptive disease

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 21:20, 22:22

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