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Rot; Rottenness
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rot , rot ´' n - nes (verb רקב , rāḳēbh , noun rāḳābh ( riḳḳābhōn , Job 41:27 ), with מק , maḳ , "decay" (Isaiah 5:24 ), and עבשׁ , ‛ābhash , "shrivel" (so Joel 1:17 the Revised Version margin)): "Rottenness of the bones" ( Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 14:30; Habakkuk 3:16 ) is ulceration (caries ) of the bones, used as an example of an intensely painful disease. the King James Version, in addition, has "rot" in Numbers 5:21 , Numbers 5:22 , Numbers 5:27 , where the Revised Version (British and American) has "fall away" (נפל , nāphal ), but a euphemistic paraphrase is in point (see the comms.). In Jeremiah 38:11 , Jeremiah 38:12 the King James Version has "old rotten rags" for מלח , melaḥ , "rag" (the Revised Version (British and American) "wornout garments," a translation that specializes too far).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Rot; Rottenness'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/r/rot-rottenness.html. 1915.
