H0913

בְּדִיל

be.dilH:N-M

tin

1) alloy, tin, dross 1a) of Israel (metaph.)

The KJV translates H0913 in the following manner:

tin (10x), plummet (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בְּדִיל noun [masculine] alloy, tin, dross (originally that which is separated from precious metal; compare Plin^{Hist. 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 vEzek 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.

6 occurrences

Numbers (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (3), Zechariah (1)