Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tzaraath

/t͡sɑːˈɹɑː.(ʔ)ɑːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tzaraath
IPA: /t͡sɑːˈɹɑː.(ʔ)ɑːt/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various disfigurements of a person's skin, hair, clothing, or home understood as a kind of impurity requiring special rituals of atonement.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew צָרַעַת (tsará'at), originally "smitten" or "struck" from various skin afflictions' supposed divine origin.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: צָרַעַת

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tzaraat (alternative) tsara'at (alternative) tzoraas (alternative) zaraath (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

metzora

Questions

How do you pronounce tzaraath?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡sɑːˈɹɑː.(ʔ)ɑːt/.
What does tzaraath mean?: Any of various disfigurements of a person's skin, hair, clothing, or home understood as a kind of impurity requiring special rituals of atonement.
Where does tzaraath come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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