What does נֶתֶק mean in the Bible?
נֶתֶק is a Hebrew word meaning "scurf".
Hebrew · H5424
נֶתֶק
Scurf
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נֶתֶק H5424
What does נֶתֶק mean in the Bible?
נֶתֶק is a Hebrew word meaning "scurf".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5424?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the scaly outbreak (5), [him] (1), and it (1), for a scaly outbreak (1), is a scaly outbreak (1).
Where does נֶתֶק appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 13:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (14).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the scaly outbreak 5× Leviticus 13:32, Leviticus 13:34, Leviticus 13:35, Leviticus 13:36
[him] 1× Leviticus 13:33
and it 1× Leviticus 13:32
for a scaly outbreak 1× Leviticus 14:54
is a scaly outbreak 1× Leviticus 13:30
it 1× Leviticus 13:34
the infected person 1× Leviticus 13:31
the scaly 1× Leviticus 13:31
the scaly area 1× Leviticus 13:33
then it 1× Leviticus 13:37
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 13:30 נֶ֣תֶק to is a scaly outbreak Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:31 הַנֶּ֗תֶק to the scaly Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:31 הַנֶּ֖תֶק to the infected person Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:32 הַנֶּ֔תֶק to the scaly outbreak Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:32 הַנֶּ֔תֶק to and it Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:33 הַנֶּ֖תֶק to the scaly area Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:33 הַנֶּ֛תֶק to [him] Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:34 הַנֶּ֜תֶק to the scaly outbreak Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:34 הַנֶּ֙תֶק֙ to it Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 13:35 הַנֶּ֖תֶק to the scaly outbreak Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 13:30
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 1
Leviticus 14
Source forms
הַנֶּ֖תֶק 5x han·ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:31, Leviticus 13:33, Leviticus 13:35, Leviticus 13:36
הַנֶּ֔תֶק 2x han·ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:32
הַנֶּ֜תֶק 2x han·ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:34, Leviticus 13:37
הַנֶּ֗תֶק 1x han·ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:31
הַנֶּ֛תֶק 1x han·ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:33
הַנֶּ֙תֶק֙ 1x han·ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:34
וְלַנָּֽתֶק׃ 1x wə·lan·nā·ṯeq Leviticus 14:54
נֶ֣תֶק 1x ne·ṯeq Leviticus 13:30
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 12x Leviticus 13:31, Leviticus 13:32, Leviticus 13:33, Leviticus 13:34
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Leviticus 14:54
Noun - masculine singular 1x Leviticus 13:30
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. scurf
Source Gloss
scurf
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
scurf BDB: scab Usage: (dry) scall.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נֶתֶק is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain