נוֹמִי

נוֹמִיf. (νομή, nome. pl. nomae) corroding sore, ulcer. Ab. Zar.10b מי שעלתה לו נ׳וכ׳ Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. שעלה … נימא, corr. acc.) if one has an ulcer on his foot, shall he have it cut and live, or let it go and die?Gen. R. s. 46 עלתה נ׳ בבשרםוכ׳ (some ed. נמי) they have an ulcerating sore …, and the physicians advice circumcision. Ib. (play on ונֹמֹלֹתֹם, Gen. 17:11) כנֹומֹי היא ת̇ל̇ויה בגוף it (the prepuce) is like an eating sore hanging from the body. Sifré Deut. 45 ואם … הרי אתה מעלה נימי (corr. acc.) but if thou removest it (the plaster), thou wilt cause ulceration; Kidd.30b; a. e.