- בהרת
- בַּהֶרֶתf. (b. h., בָּהַר) bright white spot on the skin, eventually one of the symptoms of leprosy. Neg. I, 1 ב׳ עזה כשלג bahereth means an intensively bright spot (sparkling) like snow. Ib. II, 1 ב׳ עזה וב׳ an intensely bright spot appears faint on the skin of a Germanus (Teuton), and the faint spot appears bright on a Cushite; (Sifra Thazr., Neg. ch. I, ed. Weiss כג׳, ככ׳; Yalk. Lev. 551 גרדמ׳, corr. בגרמ׳, בכושי); a. fr.Pl. בֶּהָרוֹת. Neg. VII, 1. Ib. VIII, 6; Tosef. ib. III, 12.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
