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title: בֹּרִית — lye · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּרִית (1287), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: lye. BDB 1906: n.f. lye, alkali, potash, soap. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּרִית

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«בֹּרִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lye** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1287 · **BDB:** בֹּרִית²

### Glosses

soap (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lye [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1287/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lye, alkali, potash, soap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1287/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lye, alkali, potash, soap, used in washing Je 2:22 Mal 3:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֹּרִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1287/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.22/)

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כִּ֤י אִם־תְּכַבְּסִי֙ בַּנֶּ֔תֶר וְתַרְבִּי־לָ֖ךְ בֹּרִ֑ית נִכְתָּ֤ם עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ לְפָנַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) though you.will.wash with (the) soda and you.will.increase for yourself soap \[is\].stained iniquity your before me the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD.

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[Malachi 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MAL.3.2/)

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וּמִ֤י מְכַלְכֵּל֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם בּוֹא֔וֹ וּמִ֥י הָעֹמֵ֖ד בְּהֵרָֽאוֹת֑וֹ כִּֽי־הוּא֙ כְּאֵ֣שׁ מְצָרֵ֔ף וּכְבֹרִ֖ית מְכַבְּסִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and who? \[will\].endure (et) the.day of his.coming and who? \[is\].the \[one.who.will\].stand when appears he (dm) he \[is\].like.\[the\] fire of.a.refiner and like.\[the\] soap of.washers

*JPS 1917:* But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap;

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