BDB2294
זָהָב385
noun masculine
Gen 2:12
gold (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1416] Sabean דֿהב e.g. Os29
DHMZMG 1883, 338; Aramaic דְּהַב,
[untranscribed source text 1417], Palmyrene דהבא
VogNo. 23) — ׳
ז absolute Gen 2:11 + 364 t.; construct Gen 2:12 + 6 t.; suffix זְהָבִי
1Kgs 20:7 + 2 t.;
זְהָֽבְךָ
1Kgs 20:3; 1Kgs 20:5
זְהָבֶ֑ךָ
Isa 30:22
זְהָבוֺ
Isa 2:20; Isa 31:7
זְהָבָם
Hos 8:4 + 4 t.; —
gold,
1. = gold-ore, gold in a raw state,
Gen 2:11;
Gen 2:12;
Jer 10:9;
Prov 17:3;
Prov 27:21;
Job 28:1 +; perhaps also
1Kgs 9:28;
1Kgs 10:11;
1Kgs 22:49 etc.; compare
׳
עַפְרֹת ז
Job 28:6
gold-dust; see also
Zech 13:9 (simile of tried people
׳
י) and compare
Mal 3:3 likewise
Job 23:10 (simile of Job's purity, as shewn by divine tests);
מִצָּפוֺן זָהָב
Job 37:22 is
dubious
read perhaps זֹהַר Du and Dr; Ew
De and others out of the North comes gold;
others,
however, golden light, brightness, of sun after clouds dispersed by north wind,
ᵐ5
Rabb
Da and others; or golden splendour of God coming
from
north BöÄ 76
Hi and others; Siegf
conjecture
יהוה for זהב
2. gold as wealth Gen 13:2 (
J
; + מִקְנֶה, כֶּסֶף) Gen 24:34 (
J
; + צאֹן, בָּקָר, כֶּסֶף, עֲבָדִם,
שְׁפָחֹת, גְּמַלִּים, חֲמֹרִים) compare Hos 2:8; Isa 2:7; Deut 8:13; Deut 17:17; Job 3:15; Job 31:24; Zech 14:14; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 1:6 +; in general, as precious:
נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעשֶׁר רָ֑ב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טוֺב
Prov 22:1
to be chosen is a name more than great riches, and good favour more than silver
and than gold; Job 28:17 (of wisdom) gold and glass do not equal it; Ps 19:10
(ordinances of ׳
י) which are more to be desired than gold; compare Ps 119:72; Ps 119:127;
also metaphor of princes and chief men of Zion Lam 4:1 (compare Lam 4:2).
3. gold as spoil of war Josh 6:19 (+ כֶּסֶף, כְּלֵינְֿחשֶׁת,
בַּרְזֶל) so Josh 6:24, compare Josh 7:21; Josh 7:24; Josh 22:8; 2Kgs 7:8 +.
4. gold as merchandise Ezek 27:22 (+ אֶבֶן יְקָרָה, ראֹשׁ כָּלבּֿשֶֹׁם
), compare also gold from Ophir 1Kgs 9:28 etc. (see below 7 below)
5. gold as costly gift: to a prophet ׳
מְלֹא בֵּיתוֺ כֶּסֶף וְז (hypothet.), Num 22:18; Num 24:13 (both
E
); brought by queen of Sheba to Solomon 1Kgs 10:2; 1Kgs 10:10 (both + אֶבֶן יְקָרָה and בְּשָׂמִים
) = 2Chr 9:1
; 2Chr 9:9 as tribute
2Kgs 23:35
(twice in verse) (compare 2Kgs 23:33 all + כֶּסֶף); as satisfaction for murder 2Sam 21:4 (+
כֶּסֶף).
6. gold as material: of (nose- or ear-) ring, נֶזֶם
Gen 24:22; Exod 32:2; Exod 32:3; Judg 8:24; Judg 8:25; Prov 11:22;
Prov 25:12;
Job 42:11 of
chain Gen 41:42,
shields 2Sam 8:7,
images of emerods 1Sam 6:4
; 1Sam 6:17
and mice 1Sam 6:4 v
1Sam 6:11
1Sam 6:18
בְּמַשְׂכִּיּוֺת כֶּסֶף
׳
תַּפּוּחֵי ז
Prov 25:11
׳
גֻּלַּת ז
Exod 12:6
׳
כְּלֵיזֿ
Exod 3:22; Exod 11:2; Exod 12:35; 1Sam 6:8; Ps 105:37
etc.; כְּלֵיכֶֿסֶף וּכְלֵי זָהָב
Gen 24:53 as
presents to a bride (+ בְּגָדִים); so of presents to secure king's favour 2Sam 8:10 (+ כְּלֵי
נְחשֶׁת), and in list of yearly gifts or tribute to Solomon 1Kgs 10:25 = 2Chr 9:24 as material of idols
אֱלֹהֵי
׳
כֶסֶף וֵאלֹהֵי ז
Exod 20:23
compare Exod 32:31
; Hos 8:4; Isa 2:20; Isa 30:22; Isa 31:7; Deut 29:16; Ps 115:4; Ps 135:15 as
plating of idols Deut
7:25 especially as material of the furnishings of Solomon's temple, or (oftener) the platings of temple,
or parts thereof, or of its furnishings 1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:21 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 6:22 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:28; 1Kgs 7:48 + 10 t. 1Kgs 6:7 also 2Chr 3:5 (twice in verse); 2Chr 3:6 + 14 t. 2Chr 3:4 cf 1Chr 28:14
(twice in verse) + 14 t.
1Chr 28:29
(David's preparation for temple); see also 2Kgs 24:13 compare 2Kgs 14:14 = 2Chr 25:24; 2Kgs 25:15 = Jer 52:19 (in accounts of plundering
temple etc.); but more often still of furnishing and utensils of tabernacle, insignia of high-priest etc., Exod 25:3; Exod 25:11; Exod 25:24 + 97
t. Ex 25-40, Lev 8:9;
Num 4:11; Num 8:4 (in case of large
objects frequently of plating or sheathing, compare 12.c. below) Note the
expressions ליהוה
׳
תְּנוּפַת ז
Exod 35:22
a wave-offering of gold, זְהַב הַתְּנוּפָה
Exod 38:24
also זְהַב הַתְּרוּמָה
Num 31:52
(all
P
) compare Ezra
8:25, and (of offering to heathen god) יְכַבֵּד בְּזָהָב
Dan 11:38
.
7. gold described by its source, especially gold from Ophir (compare Glass: Skizze ii. 357 ff. 368)
1Kgs 9:28; 1Kgs 10:11;
1Kgs 22:49;
1Chr 29:4; 2Chr 8:18; 2Chr 9:10 so perh
Jer 10:9 (read
אוֺפִיר for אוּפַז
Ew
Klo and others); זְהַב שְׁבָא
Ps 72:15 on
פַּרְוָ֑יִם
׳
ז
2Chr 3:6 see
פרוים; compare further Gen 2:11; Gen 2:12.
8. gold defined by various adjectives and participles: שָׁחוּט
׳
ז
beaten gold (see
שָׁחַט
) 1Kgs
10:16;
1Kgs 10:17 =
2Chr 9:15 (twice in verse); 2Chr 9:16
סָגוּר
׳
ז
1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:21 also
1Kgs 7:49; 1Kgs 7:50; 1Kgs 10:21 =
2Chr 4:20; 2Chr 4:22; 2Chr 9:21 (on
meaning see
סָגַר
); especially (but only
P
& Chronicles) טָהוֺר
׳
ז
pure gold
Exod 25:11;
Exod 25:17;
Exod 25:24 + 21
t. Exod 25. 28. 30.
37. 39 (of equipments of tabernacle and high priest's insignia), 1Chr 28:17; 2Chr 3:4; 2Chr 9:17 compare טוֺב
׳
ז
2Chr 3:5; 2Chr 3:8 on
מוּפָז
׳
ז
1Kgs 10:18,
AV
best gold, compare אוּפָז, פָּזַז.
9.
׳
ז as measure of weight and value:
a. = gold-shekel,
מִשְׁקָלָם
׳
עֲשָׂרָה ז
Gen 24:22
׳
כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה ז
Num 7:14 + 11 t.
Num 7
אֶלֶף
׳
וּשְׁבַעמֵֿאוֺת ז
Judg 8:26,
compare
1Kgs 10:16
;
2Kgs 5:5; 2Chr 9:15;
2Chr 9:16
וָכָ֑סֶף
׳
אַלְפֵי ז
Ps 119:72
compare further Josh
7:21
but also (only Chronicles) שֶׁקֶל expressed: מִשְׁקַל
׳
שִׁקְלֵי ז
שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת
1Chr 21:25
(50 shekels of silver in || 2Sam 24:24); ׳
וּמִשְׁקָל לְמִסְמְרוֺת לִשְׁקָלִים חֲמִשִּׁים ז
2Chr 3:9.
b.
׳
שְׁלשֶׁת מָנִים ז
1Kgs 10:17
three minas of gold (see
מָנֶה
).
c.
׳
כִּכַּר ז
talent of gold
2Sam 12:30
;
1Kgs 9:14 +
(see
כִּכָּר
).
d.
זָהָב דַּרְכְּמוֺנִים
שֵׁשׁרִֿבּאֹוֺת וָאֶלֶף
Ezra 2:69
compare
Neh 7:69; Neh 7:70; Neh 7:71 also
עֶשְׂרִים לַאֲדַרְכֹּנִים אָ֑לָף
׳
וּכְפֹרֵי ז
Ezra 8:27
(see
דַּרְכְּמוֺן
); — with the above should perhaps be compared מִכִּיס
׳
הַזָּלִים ז
Isa 46:6 i.e.
the
gold used in making the god was the coin carried in the bag.
10.
׳
ז = golden oil, from colour, Zech 4:12.
11.
׳
ז often named with כֶּסֶף, and then, in earlier and sometimes in later
writings,
follows it: בַּכֶּסֶף וּבַזָּהָב
Gen 13:2 (
J
), compare
Gen 24:35;
Gen 24:53;
Gen
44:8 (all
J
) Exod 3:22
; Exod 11:2
;
Exod 12:35;
Num 22:18;
Num 24:13
(all
E
), Josh 6:19
; Josh 6:24
(
J
E
), Deut 7:25
; Deut
17:17
; Deut
29:16
; 2Sam 8:11
; 2Sam 21:4;
1Kgs 7:51;
1Kgs 15:15
;
1Kgs 15:18
;
1Kgs 15:19
;
2Kgs 7:8; 2Kgs 16:8;
2Kgs 18:14
;
2Kgs 20:13
;
2Kgs 23:33
;
2Kgs 23:35
(twice in verse);
Hos
2:10; Hos 8:4
;
Hos 60:9;
Hos 38:13;
Joel 4:5, Prov 22:1;
Ps 105:37
;
Ps 115:4;
Ps 135:15
;
2Chr 1:15;
2Chr 5:1; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 8:25;
Dan 11:8; Eccl 2:8 +; in
later
writings ׳
ז often precedes Ezek 28:4; Zech 14:14; Mal 3:3; 1Chr 18:10; 1Chr 22:14; 1Chr 22:16; 1Chr 28:15; 1Chr 28:16; 1Chr 29:3;
1Chr 29:4;
1Chr 29:5;
1Chr 29:7;
2Chr 9:14;
2Chr 9:21;
2Chr 24:14
; 2Chr
25:24;
Ezra 1:11;
Ps 119:72
;
Song 1:11;
Dan 11:38
+,
and so in
P
, Exod 25:3
; Exod 31:4
;
Exod 35:5; Exod 35:32;
Num 31:32
yet
also as early as Hab
2:19;
1Kgs 10:22; 2Kgs 25:15.
12. the chief verbs used with ׳
ז are:
a.
עָשָׂה
make of (c. 2 accusative) 1Kgs 7:48 (compare 1Kgs 7:49
1Kgs 7:49
1Kgs 7:50
1Kgs 7:50)
1Kgs 10:16
; 1Kgs
12:28;
1Kgs 14:26;
2Chr
4:7; 2Chr 4:8
; 2Chr 4:19
; 2Chr 12:9;
2Chr 13:8,
and
especially in
P
(tabernacle) Exod 25:11; Exod 25:17; Exod 25:18 + 35 t. Ex 25-39; also followed by בְּ
work in gold, וּבַכֶּסֶף וּבַנְּחשֶׁת
׳
לַעֲשׂוֺת בַּזּ
Exod 31:4; Exod 35:32,
also
(+ בַּבַּרְזֶל, etc.), 2Chr 2:6; 2Chr 2:13
b.
יָצַק (object ׳
טַבְּעֹת ז) Exod 25:12; Exod 37:3; Exod 37:13 (all
P
);
c.
צִפָּה
overlay with (c. 2 accusative) 1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:21 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:22; 1Kgs 6:28;
1Kgs 6:30;
1Kgs 6:32;
1Kgs 6:35 (
1Kgs 6:32 v
1Kgs 6:35 one
accusative omitted), 1Kgs 10:18;
2Chr 3:4; 2Chr 3:10;
2Chr 9:17,
and
especially
P
(tabernacle) Exod 25:11; Exod 25:13; Exod 25:24; Exod 25:28 + 15 t. Ex 26-37; in same sense
d.
׳
וַיְחַפֵּהוּ ז
2Chr 3:5 compare
v
2Chr 3:7
2Chr 3:8
2Chr 3:9, and
e.
וָכֶסֶף
׳
תָּפוּשׂ ז
Hab 2:19
encased in gold and silver; also
f.
יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ
׳
בַּזּ
Isa 40:19
g.
רדד Hiph`il, ׳
וַיָּ֫רֶב עַלהַֿכְּרוּבִים וְעַלהַֿתִּמֹּרוֺת אֶתהַֿזּ
1Kgs 6:32
and he spread upon the cherubim and upon the palm-trees the gold; further
h.
בָּחַן
try, Zech 13:9 compare
i.
זִקַּק
Mal 3:3. — On
דִּי זָהָב, proper name; on מֵי זָהָב proper name see below מַיִם
.
BDB9429
דָּהָב23
noun masculine
Dan 2:32
gold (so
ᵑ7
Syriac; Biblical Hebrew
זָהָב
); — absolute ׳
ד
Dan 2:32 +,
דְּהַ֑ב
Ezra 7:15
emphatic דַּהֲבָה
Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:5; Ezra 7:18,
בָא-
Dan 2:35 + 15 t. Daniel.