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title: בָּרֶקֶת — emerald · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּרֶקֶת (1304), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: emerald. BDB 1906: n.f. emerald. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּרֶקֶת

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«בָּרֶקֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **emerald** — 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:** 1304 · **BDB:** בָּרֶ֫קֶת

### Glosses

a.beryl (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

emerald [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1304/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. emerald [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1304/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a precious stone, emerald, according to 𝔊 𝔙 Josephus; (from flashing, sparkling; LagRel. Jur. Eccl. x. comp. Skr. markata, Gk. μάραγδος, ζμάραγδος) Ex 28:17; 39:10 (both P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּרֶקֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1304/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.10/)

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וַיְמַלְאוּ־ב֔וֹ אַרְבָּעָ֖ה ט֣וּרֵי אָ֑בֶן ט֗וּר אֹ֤דֶם פִּטְדָה֙ וּבָרֶ֔קֶת הַטּ֖וּר הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.filled in it four rows of.stone\[s\] \[was\].a.row of.a.ruby a.topaz and a.beryl the row (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd was the first row.

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[Exodus 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.17/)

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וּמִלֵּאתָ֥ בוֹ֙ מִלֻּ֣אַת אֶ֔בֶן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה טוּרִ֣ים אָ֑בֶן ט֗וּר אֹ֤דֶם פִּטְדָה֙ וּבָרֶ֔קֶת הַטּ֖וּר הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.fill in it a.setting of.stone\[s\] four rows stone \[will.be\].a.row of.a.ruby a.topaz and a.beryl the row (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row;

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