מגפה

Hebrew

Root
נ־ג־ף (n-g-p)

Noun

מַגֵּפָה • (magefá) f (plural indefinite מַגֵּפוֹת)

1. A plague, an epidemic: an infectious disease, especially a deadly one, affecting many individuals in a population.
   • Exodus 9:14:

     כִּי בַּפַּעַם הַזֹּאת אֲנִי שֹׁלֵחַ אֶת-כָּל-מַגֵּפֹתַי אֶל-לִבְּךָ וּבַעֲבָדֶיךָ וּבְעַמֶּךָ בַּעֲבוּר תֵּדַע כִּי אֵין כָּמֹנִי בְּכָל-הָאָרֶץ.

     For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in all the earth.

References

• H4046 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Noun

מגפה • (mageyfe) f

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of מגפֿה (mageyfe).