H913
H913 — בְּדִיל
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
bdiyl (bed-eel') n-m.
1. alloy (because removed by smelting)
2. by analogy, tin
[from H914]
KJV: + plummet, tin.
Root(s): H914
TWOT
TWOT: 203c
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KJV Renderings
+ plummet, tin.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB922
בְּדִיל noun [masculine] alloy, tin, dross (originally that which is separated from precious metal; compare PlinHist. Nat. xxiv. 16, xxxiii. 9) — ׳ בּ absolute Num 31:22 + 4 t.; Plural suffix בְּדִילָ֑יִךְ Isa 1:25 —
1.
alloy, Isa 1:25 figurative of evil of Jerusalem, which ׳
י will remove (הֵסִיר; || סִגָ֑יִךְ).
2.
tin (plumbum album) Num 31:22 (
P
; + זָהָב, כֶּסֶף, נְחשֶׁת, בַּרְזֶל
, עֹפָ֑רֶת); figurative of Israel Ezek 22:18 (+ נְחשֶׁת, בַּרְזֶל
, עוֺפֶרֶת); in simile Ezek 22:20 (+ id. + כֶּסֶף); as article of commerce
brought to Tyre from Tarshish Ezek 27:12 (+ כֶּסֶף, בַּרְזֶל,
עוֺפֶרֶת).
3.
plummet, הָאֶבֶן הַבְּדִיל (appositive) Zech 4:10.