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title: זְכוּכִית — glass · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְכוּכִית (2137), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: glass. BDB 1906: glass. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְכוּכִית

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«זְכוּכִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **glass** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2137 · **BDB:** זְכוֹכִית²

### Glosses

glass (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

glass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2137/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

glass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2137/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] glass (𝔗 זכוכיתא; but v. Frä64); as precious (‖ זָהָב), yet of less value than wisdom Jb 28:17. (Baer as above; זְכוּכִית van d. H., al.)

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְכוּכִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2137/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.17/)

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לֹא־יַעַרְכֶ֣נָּה זָ֭הָב וּזְכוֹכִ֑ית וּתְמ֖וּרָתָ֣הּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃

*Word for word:* not it will.be.comparable.to.it gold and glass and.\[is\] exchange its a.vessel of.pure.gold

*JPS 1917:* Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.

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