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( âָּøָá , garab, Deu_28:27; elsewhere “scurvy,” a diseased scurf on the skin; îַñְôִçִú , mispachath, Lev_13:6-8; a harmless cutaneous eruption; ñִôִּçִú , sappachath, Lev_13:2; 14, 56, the mange in the hair causing it to fall out; kindred with these last two is ùָׂôִç for ñָôִç , saphach, to “smite with a scab,” Isa_3:17, i.e. premature baldness; éִìֶּôֶú , yallepheth, Lev_21:20; Lev_22:22, an itching or tetter in the skin). SEE DISEASE; SEE LEPROSY.