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blaÌ„nz (×בעבּעה, 'ăbha‛bu‛aÌ„hÌŒ: only in , ): Pustules containing fluid around a boil or inflamed sore. It is an Old English word “bleyen,†used sometimes as a synonym for boil. Wyclif (1382) uses the expression “stinkende bleyne†for Job's sores. The Hebrew word is from a root which means that which bubbles up. See BOIL.