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is the rendering in the A.V. of îåּí , mum, a blemish (as usually rendered), either physical (Lev_21:17 sq.; Lev_22:20; Lev_24:19-20, etc.; 2Sa_14:25; Son_4:7) or moral (Deu_32:5; Job_11:15; Job_31:7; Pro_9:7); so óðéëÜò , literally a breaker or rock in the sea (metaphor. Jud_1:12) or óðῖëïò (morally Eph_5:27; 2Pe_2:13); çֲá øְáֻּøָä , chabarburah, the variegated spots of the panther, or rather the stripes of the tiger (Jer_13:23); áִּäֶøֶú , bahereth, brightness, the whitish “bright spot” of incipient leprosy (Lev_13:23; Lev_14:56); áֹּäִ÷ , bohak, scurf, the scaly “freckled spot” of pronounced leprosy (Lev_13:39); èָìåּà , tali, patched (as “spotted” sheep or goats, Gen_30:32 sq.; or “divers-colored” garments, Eze_16:16). SEE COLOR.