נֶגַע

n.m. Gn 12:17 stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot;—נ׳ abs. Ex 11:1 +, נָ֑נַע Lv 13:13 +; cstr. Dt 24:8 +; sf. נִגְעִי ψ 38:12; נִגְעֶ֑ךָ 39:11; נִגְעוֹ Lv 13:44; 2 Ch 6:29; pl. נְגָעִים Gn 12:17 ψ 89:33; cstr. נִגְעֵי 2 S 7:14;— stroke, wound, inflicted by man on man Dt 17:8; 21:5 (‖ רִיב), Pr 6:33. stroke, metaph., especially of a disease, regarded as sent by a divine chastisement, Gn 12:17 (J), Ex 11:1 (E), 2 S 7:14 (נ׳ בְנֵי אָדָם, ‖ שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים, i.e. customary, ordinary), 1 K 8:37 = 2 Ch 6:28 (both ‖ מַחֲלָה); 1 K 8:38 (נ׳ לְבָבוֹ) = 2 Ch 6:29 (נִגְעוֹ); ψ 91:10 (‖ רָעָה); of Israel 38:12; 39:11 (‖ תִּגְרַת יָֽדְךָ), 89:33 (‖ שֵׁבֶט); v. also Is 53:8 (of suffering servant of י׳, נֶגַע לָ֑מוֹ). mark (60 times Lv 13, 14), indeterm. Lv 13:5, 6 (מִסְפַּחַת), v 17, 29, 30, 32, 43, 44; of leprosy, regarded as the heavy touch or stroke of a disease, נ׳ צָרַ֫עַת Lv 13:2 +; v 51 (צָרַעַת מַמְאֶרֶת הַנּ׳), v 59 14:3, 32, 54, Dt 24:8; also נ׳ הַנֶּתֶק Lv 13:31; נ׳ לָבָן אֲדַמְדָּם v 42; identif. with person having it 13:4, 12, 13, 17, 31; in garment, etc. v 47 + 15 times Lv 13; in house 14:34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 48(×2); i.e. house-wall v 37(×2), 39; in stones of wall v 40; = garment, etc., with plague-spot 13:50.