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blain

noun

«blain» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

One of the plagues of Egypt, the boils that broke out on people and animals.

Interpretation. It is the sixth plague; the rabbis note that Moses threw ashes from the furnace, and the magicians could not stand before him.

Meaning

A sore swelling on the skin, like a boil or blister. tree →

Examples

  • And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. (Torah EXO.9.10, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.' (Torah EXO.9.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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