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kon-sump´shun (ש×חפת, shahÌ£epheth, “wasting awayâ€): One of the punishments which was to follow neglect or breach of the law. It may mean pulmonary consumption, which occurs frequently in Palestine; but from its association with fever in the texts, ; , it is more likely to be the much more common condition of wasting and emaciation from prolonged or often recurring attacks of malarial fever.