MILDEW ( yçrâqôn , Deuteronomy 28:22 , 1Ki 8:37 , 2 Chronicles 6:28 , Amos 4:9 , Haggai 2:17 ) is a disease of grain due to various fungi: it is produced by damp, and is in the above passages associated with shiddâphôn , ‘ blasting ,’ the opposite condition produced by excessive drought.

E. W. G. Masterman.