נגע

נֶגַעm. (b. h.; preced.) plague, esp. suspected leprosy. Neg. II, 4 כיצד ראיית הנ׳ what must be the patients position when the priest is examining the plague (Lev. 13:3)? Tosef. ib. VI, 7 כיצד ראיית הנ׳ what are the proceedings at examining a plague in the wall?; a. fr.Pl. נְגָעִים, constr. נגְעֵי. Ib. 1, a. fr. מטמאה בנ׳ is subject to uncleanness from house plagues. Ib. 7 אין הנ׳ …לה״ר plagues are the punishment for an evil tongue. Neg. II, 5 כל הנ׳ … חוץ מנגעי עצמו. a priest may examine all suspicious plagues except his own; a. v. fr.נְגָעִים the laws concerning plagues. Y.M. Kat. II, end, 81b; Ḥag.14a, v. אָהִיל.Nga‘im, name of a treatise of the Mishnah and Tosefta of the Order of Tohăroth, and of a section of Sifra (Thazri‘a and Mʾtsor‘a).