פְּחֶתֶת

pe.che.tet

eating

Strong’s H6356Noun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

is a mildew1

In the text

Leviticus 13:55פְּחֶתֶת
After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is unclean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front or back.

פְּחֶ֫תֶת n.f. a boring or eating out;—Lv 13:55, of leprous decay in garment.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.