קדחת

Hebrew
Root
⁧ק־ד־ח⁩ (q-d-ḥ)

Pronunciation
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Noun

⁧קַדַּחַת⁩ • (kadákhat) f [pattern: ⁧קַטֶּלֶת⁩]

  1. fever
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 28:22, with translation of the King James Version:
      ⁧יַכְּכָה יהוה בַּשַּׁחֶפֶת וּבַקַּדַּחַת וּבַדַּלֶּקֶת...⁩
      yakəchá YHWH baššaḥéfet uvaqqaddáḥat uvaddalléqet...
      The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation...

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew ⁧קַדַּחַת⁩ (kadáchat).

Noun

⁧קדחת⁩ • (kadokhes, kedakhes) f

  1. malaria
  2. fever
  3. (derogatory) worthless person
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