מוֹתָן, (מוּת) pestilence. Sifra B’ḥuck. Par. 2, ch. IV (ref. to בהלה, Lev. XXVI, 16) מכה המבהלת … מכת מ׳ a plague which causes confusion among men, and which is that? It is the plague of pestilence (epidemic); Yalk. Lev. 673.