leprosy
tsa.ra.at denotes a condition or plague identified in persons and also in garments and houses.
The term most often identifies a bodily condition examined by priests, marked by visible features, spread, uncleanness, healing, or purification. The same noun also labels a plague found in garments and skin articles, and in a house, where inspection determines whether the object or house is unclean.
Senses in use
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Bodily condition subject to priestly examination · dominant
In Leviticus 13:2, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs where an elevation, scab, or bright spot in a person's skin becomes a plague and the person is brought to a priest. Leviticus 13:25 and Leviticus 13:27 place it in rulings about white hair, a deeper appearance, or spreading in the skin, followed by a declaration of uncleanness; Leviticus 14:3 speaks of the plague having been healed from the affected person.
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Plague affecting garments or skin articles · occasional
In Leviticus 13:47, the feminine singular absolute noun identifies a plague in a wool or flax garment. Leviticus 13:49 and Leviticus 13:51 describe its appearance or spread in a garment, skin, warp, or mixture; the APB renders the latter clause as a plague that is unclean, and Leviticus 13:52 orders the affected item burned.
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Plague found in a house · rare
In Leviticus 14:34, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the statement that a plague will be placed in a house in the land of possession. Leviticus 14:44 describes the priest's inspection: if the plague has spread in the house, the APB renders it as a malign condition and declares the house unclean.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “leprosy,” often within phrases such as “plague of leprosy,” and also uses “malign leprosy” for garments and a house. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every instance.