(), the negah of which is called a נתק (netek) According to some (such as ArtScroll/Mesorah) the three subdivisions of skin tzaraath are best left transliterated, rather than translated, because there are no equivalent English terms and any attempt to translate them greatly diminishes the distinctiveness and focus of the Hebrew term, although this is not the view of the Jewish Publication Society nor of the Bible Society. Patches of the skin Patches of the skin are confirmed as tzaraath by the occurrence of one of three signs: white hair (והיא הפכה שיער לבן) – if at least two hairs within the confines of the negah turn white healthy flesh (ומחית בשר חי) – if skin of a normal appearance appears within the confines of the patch spreading (ואם פשה תפשה המספחת בעור) – if the patch became enlarged since the time of the initial examination by the Kohen According to the rabbis, if someone cuts off some skin or a part of his body to remove a negah, he becomes impure, even if he had no confirming signs. He may become pure only after another negah forms. The exception is when a negah appears on the tip of the foreskin and is cut off during circumcision, which is permitted, because a positive commandment overrides a negative commandment. Paradoxically, if the tzaraat covers a person's entire body, it is considered pure, and no isolation or purification ritual is needed (). However, according to a minority interpretation, it is not the entire body, but the entire lesion (including any "islands" of previously healthy skin within the lesion) which must be covered by tzaraat in order to have this pure status. Boils and burns Boils and burns, as occur naturally as a result of an abscess, blunt force trauma or thermal insult to the skin, are not tzaraath and do not carry impurity. During the healing phases of these wounds, however, if certain signs that mimic those of the aforementioned patches appear, tzaraath may occur. Confirmation is by the occurrence of one of two signs: white hair (ושערה הפך לבן and נהפך שער לבן בבהרת) – similar to that in patches (Leviticus 13:20 and 13:25) spreading (ואם פשה תפשה בעור and אם פשה תפשה בעור) – similar to that in patches (Leviticus 13:22 and 13:27) Bald patches or lesions of the scalp or beard The initial symptom of this type of negah