דלקת

Etymology
From ; so called due to the heat given off by an inflamed area, and sometimes by the whole body. (Compare 🇨🇬, and its relation to .) The word appears only once in the Bible (see quotation below), as part of a warning to the people of what will happen if they deviate from the path of Torah.

Noun

 * 1) An inflammation: an immune reaction to a foreign object or chemical in the body.
 * 2) * 28:22:
 * יַכְּכָה ה׳ בַּשַּׁחֶפֶת וּבַקַּדַּחַת וּבַדַּלֶּקֶת וּבַחַרְחֻר וּבַחֶרֶב וּבַשִּׁדָּפוֹן וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן וּרְדָפוּךָ עַד אָבְדֶךָ׃
 * yak'khá H. bashakhéfet uvakadákhat uvadaléket uvakharkhúr uvakhérev uvashidafón uvayerakón ur'dafúkha ád av'dékha.
 * The L-RD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
 * 1)  Any instance of redness, even one that is not due to an immune response.