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<p> '''''kon''''' -'''''sump´shun''''' ( שׁחפת , <i> '''''shaḥepheth''''' </i> , "wasting away"): 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, Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22 , it is more likely to be the much more common condition of wasting and emaciation from prolonged or often recurring attacks of malarial fever. </p> | <p> '''''kon''''' -'''''sump´shun''''' ( שׁחפת , <i> '''''shaḥepheth''''' </i> , "wasting away"): 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, Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22 , it is more likely to be the much more common condition of wasting and emaciation from prolonged or often recurring attacks of malarial fever. </p> | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 6 October 2021
kon -sump´shun ( שׁחפת , shaḥepheth , "wasting away"): 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, Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22 , it is more likely to be the much more common condition of wasting and emaciation from prolonged or often recurring attacks of malarial fever.
