Strong's Lexicon: H914 בָּדַל

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Strong's Number:	H914
Word:	בָּדַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	42
Transliteration:	badal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	baw-dal'
Meaning:	1. to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV Renderings:	(make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.

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[בָּדַל] verb be divided, separate (Arabic [untranscribed source text 505] change, substitute, Mishna בָּדַל divide, Syriac [untranscribed source text 506] Ithpe`el, Ethpe`el) —

Hiph`il divide, separate; Perfect הִבְדִּיל Num 16:9; Deut 10:8 suffix וְהִבְדִּילוֺ consecutive Deut 29:20 3 feminine singular וְהִבְדִּילָה Exod 26:33 וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ Num 8:14 הִבְדִּילוּ Ezek 22:26, etc. Imperfect יַבְדִּיל Lev 1:17 +; וַיַּבְדֵּל Gen 1:4; Gen 1:7; 1Chr 25:1 suffix יַבְדִּילַנִי Isa 56:3 וָאַבְדִּל Lev 20:26 וָאַבְדִּילָה Ezra 8:24, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַבְדֵּל Isa 56:3 construct לְהַבְדִּיל Gen 1:14 +; Participle מַבְדִּיל Gen 1:6 מַבְדִּילִים Isa 59:2 —

1. divide, separate, subject God Gen 1:4 followed by וּבֵין….בֵּין between light and darkness, compare Gen 1:7 subject heavenly bodies Gen 1:14 Gen 1:18 subject firmament followed by בֵּיןלְ֗֗֗ Gen 1:6 (all in P 's source); Exod 26:33 of the פָּרֹכֶת in tabernacle, followed by בֵּיןוּ֗֗֗בֵין֗֗֗ לָכֶם; of iniquities, separating men from God בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין Isa 59:2.

2. separate, set apart, followed by מִן, of ׳ י, setting off Israel from other peoples Lev 20:24 ( H ) Num 16:9 ( P ); Lev 20:26 followed by also לִהְיוֺת לִי; compare 1Kgs 8:53 לְךָ לְנַחֲלָה ׳ הִבְדּ separate them to thyself as an inheritance; of Moses, setting apart Levites, followed by מִתּוֺח Num 8:14 of separating an individual from the people, i.e. excluding him Deut 29:20, followed by also לְרָעָה; followed by מֵעַל Isa 56:3 (twice in verse), i.e. excluding him; compare also Neh 13:3 followed by מִן; of setting apart (forbidding) beasts as unclean לָכֶם לְטַמֵּא Lev 20:25 of setting apart the tribe of Levi ׳ לָשֵׂאת וגו Deut 10:8 (subject ׳ י); compare also (hum. subject) 1Chr 25:1, followed by לַעֲבֹדָה, 2Chr 25:10 followed by Infinitive; similarly Ezra 8:24 even followed by participle Ezek 39:14 they shall set apart men עֹבְרִים, i.e. to pass through, or, men that shall pass through ( RV ); so of setting apart cities, accusative Deut 4:41 compare Deut 19:2; Deut 19:7.

3. make a distinction between clean and unclean, holy and profane, followed by בֵּיןוּ֗֗֗בֵין Lev 20:25 ( H ); Lev 10:10; Lev 11:47 (both P ); followed by בֵּיןלְ֗֗֗ Ezek 22:26 ; Ezek 42:20.

4. divide into parts Lev 1:17; Lev 5:8 ( P ), prohibited in case of fowls offered in sacrifice.

Niph`al Perfect נִבְדְּלוּ 1Chr 12:8 ; Ezra 9:1 Imperfect יִבָּדֵל Ezra 10:8 וַיִּבָּדֵל 1Chr 23:13 וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ Ezra 10:16 ; Neh 9:2 Imperative הִבָּֽדְלוּ Num 16:21 ; Ezra 10:11 Participle נִבְדָּל Ezra 6:21 ; Neh 10:29 .

1. (reflexive of Hiph`il 2)

a. separate oneself from people of the land, heathen, and their practices, also from non-Jewish wives, followed by מִן Ezra 6:21; Ezra 9:1; Ezra 10:11; Neh 9:2 absolute in same sense Ezra 10:16 (compare Sta^{G. ii.
199 & 179 n.} Wl^{Pharisäer u. Sadd. 76}).

b. withdraw from (Moses & Aaron from Israel) Num 16:21 ( P ), followed by מִתּוֺח.

c. separate oneself unto (אֶל) David 1Chr 12:8.

d. Neh 10:29 combines a. & c. separate oneself מֵעַמֵּי הָֽאֲרָצוֺת אֶלתּֿוֺרַת הָאֱלֹהִים.

2. passive, be separated.

a. be excluded from the people, followed by מִן Ezra 10:8.

b. be set apart, of Aaron, followed by לְהַקְדִּישׁוֺ 1Chr 23:13. — On הבדיל, & distinction from הפריד see Dr^{JPhoenician xi. 219} .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בדל (buh-dal’)

1 Chronicles 12:8

KJV: And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;of war: Heb. of the hostas swift…: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste

EHCC: there separated themselves unto David

1 Chronicles 28:18

KJV: And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

EHCC: and Aaron was separated,

Ezra 10:8

KJV: And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.forfeited: Heb. devoted

EHCC: and himself separated .

Nehemiah 9:2

KJV: And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.strangers: Heb. strange children

EHCC: dad the seed of Israel separated themselves

Nehemiah 10:28

KJV: And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

EHCC: ( 29). that had separated themseloes

Exodus 26:33

KJV: And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

EHCC: and the vail shall diotde unto you

Leviticus 20:24

KJV: But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

EHCC: which have separated you

Numbers 8:14

KJV: Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

EHCC: Thus shalt thou separate

Numbers 16:9

KJV: Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

EHCC: the God of Israel hath separated

Numbers 29:21

KJV: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

EHCC: (20). And the Lord shall separate him

1 Kings 8:53

KJV: For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

EHCC: For thou didst separate them

Ezekiel 22:26

KJV: Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.violated: Heb. offered violence to

EHCC: they have put no difference

Genesis 1:14

KJV: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:the day…: Heb. between the day and between the night

EHCC: to divide the day from the night;

Genesis 11:47

EHCC: To make 2 differince between

Isaiah 56:8

KJV: The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.beside…: Heb. to his gathered

EHCC: The Lord hath Golo me (lit.

Ezekiel 42:20

KJV: He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

EHCC: to make a separation

Genesis 1:4

KJV: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.the light from…: Heb. between the light and between the darkness

EHCC: and God divided the light

Leviticus 1:17

KJV: And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

EHCC: & 5:8. shall not divide (it) asunder:

Leviticus 20:26

KJV: And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

EHCC: and have severed you

Deuteronomy 4:41

KJV: Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

EHCC: Then Moses severed three cities

Deuteronomy 19:2

KJV: Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

EHCC: 7. Thow shult separate three cities for thee .

2 Chronicles 25:10

KJV: Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.home again: Heb. to their placein great…: Heb. in heat of anger

EHCC: Then Amaziah separated them,

Ezra 8:24

KJV: Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

EHCC: Then I separated twelve

Nehemiah 13:8

KJV: And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

EHCC: that they separated from Isracl

Isaiah 56:3

KJV: Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

EHCC: hath utterly separated me

Ezekiel 39:14

KJV: And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.men…: Heb. men of continuance

EHCC: they shall sever out men

Genesis 1:6

KJV: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.firmament: Heb. expansion

EHCC: let it divide the waters

Isaiah 59:2

KJV: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.have hid: or, have made him hide

EHCC: your iniquities Aave separated

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