H913

H913 — בְּדִיל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbdiylnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 203c

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

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.


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