qad.da.chat denotes an affliction named among punitive diseases, described in both verses as consuming or pursuing its victims.

The term occurs as a singular noun for an affliction included among punitive conditions: in Deuteronomy 28:22 it is listed among blows that pursue until destruction, and in Leviticus 26:16 it stands among conditions said to consume the eyes and waste away the soul.

1. Punitive affliction among wasting conditions · dominant

   Both occurrences use the singular absolute noun in lists of afflictions. In Deuteronomy 28:22 the APB renders the clause "The LORD will strike you with wasting disease and with fever and with inflammation," and says these conditions will pursue until perishing; in Leviticus 26:16 the APB renders it within conditions that "consume the eyes and pine away the soul."

   Deuteronomy 28:22Leviticus 26:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "fever" in both cited verses, within lists of punitive afflictions. This rendering is confirmed by the clauses' overall presentation rather than by a direct alignment.