--- title: בַּרְזֶל — iron · The Tanakh dictionary description: בַּרְזֶל (1270), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 76 times: iron. BDB 1906: n.m. iron. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1270.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)‎ / בַּרְזֶל‎ # בַּרְזֶל «בַּרְזֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **iron** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 76 times · **Key:** 1270 · **BDB:** בַּרְזֶל ### Glosses iron (45); of.iron (27); \[axe\] (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) iron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1270/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. iron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1270/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 27:19 iron (c. ל afform.; from piercing? NH id., Aramaic id., פַּרְזֶל, ܦܰܪܙܠܴܐ Ph. ברזל, Assyrian parzillu COTGloss, (Arabic فِرْزِلٌ fetter is loan-word))—always abs. ב׳ Gn 4:22 + 74 times (בַּרְזֶל֑ Gn 4:22 etc.);— iron, lit.: iron-ore, stone containing iron, Dt 8:9; Jb 28:2; as raw material (to be worked) Gn 4:22; 1 Ch 22:3, 14, 16; 29:2(×2), 7 2 Ch 2:6, 13; 24:12; Is 44:12; as article of commerce Ez 27:12, 19; as material of furniture, utensils, implements, etc., עֶרֶשׂ ב׳ Dt 3:11, רֶכֶב ב׳ Jos 17:16, 18; Ju 1:19, 4:3, 13, כְּלֵי ב׳ Jos 6:19, 24 cf. 1 K 6:7; Nu 35:16, עֵט־ב׳ Jb 19:24 \& fig. Je 17:1, חֲרִצֵי הַבּ׳ 2 S 12:31 = 1 Ch 20:3, מַגְזְרוֹת הַבּ׳ 2 S 12:31 cutting instr. of iron, vid. Am 1:3, כַּבְלֵי ב׳ ψ 149:8 (‖ זִקִּים), נֵשֶׁק ב׳ Jb 20:24, קַרְנֵי ב׳ 1 K 22:11 = 2 Ch 18:10, קִיר ב׳ \& מַחֲבַת ב׳ Ez 4:3; בְּרִיחֵי ב׳, i.e. of Babylon, ag. Cyrus Is 45:2; cf. 1 S 17:7 \& Is 60:17(×2) (fig.) tool of iron Dt 27:5; Jos 8:31; Pr 27:17(×2) Ec 10:10 Is 10:34 (metaph.); head of an axe Dt 19:5 2 K 6:5, 6; so weapon 2 S 23:7; Jb 41:19; cf. also Nu 31:22; Jos 22:8 where iron as spoil of war. iron in fig. of unwatered earth Dt 28:23; of Egyptian bondage, כּוּר הַבּ׳ Dt 4:20; 1 K 8:51; Je 11:4; of oppression עֹל ב׳ Dt 28:48; Je 28:14 cf. v 13; of strength Je 15:12(×2); cf. ב׳ מִנְעָלֶיךָ Dt 33:25 \& Mi 4:13 קֶרֶן ב׳; of prophet, firm through Yahweh’s might, עַמּוּד ב׳ Je 1:18; of distress, בְּרִיחֵי ב׳ ψ 107:16 cf. v 10 of judgments of י׳, \& 105:18; שֵׁבֶט ב׳ ψ 2:9; of evildoers, Je 6:28; Ez 22:18, 20; simile of scorching sky Lv 26:19; מְטִיל ב׳ of bones of hippopotamus Jb 40:18; גִּיד ב׳ of obstinate neck of Isr. Is 48:4. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 70 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בַּרְזֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1270/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.24/) יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ *Word for word:* he.will.flee from a.weapon of.iron it will.pierce.him a.bow of.bronze *JPS 1917:* If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through. [Job 28:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.2/) בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ *Word for word:* iron from.\[the\] dust it.is.taken and stone someone.pours.out copper *JPS 1917:* Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone. - ← previous: [בִּרְזַיִת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1269.md) - next →: [בַּרְזִלַּי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1271.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489-4.md)