blain
noun
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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