Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metzora

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: met-zo-ra
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person afflicted with tzaraath.

Example Sentences

"a kohen does not "treat" tzoraas; there is in fact no medical treatment for tzoraas, the only cure being for the metzora to do teshuva, and it does not require a kohen to advise him how to do that"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מצורע.

Inflected Forms

metzorah (alternative)

Questions

What does metzora mean?: A person afflicted with tzaraath.
Where does metzora come from?: Borrowed from Hebrew מצורע.

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