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title: נָחוּשׁ — of bronze · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָחוּשׁ (5153), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: of bronze. BDB 1906: adj. of bronze. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָחוּשׁ

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«נָחוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **of bronze** — 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:** 5153 · **BDB:** נָחוּשׁ

### Glosses

bronze (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

of bronze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5153/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. of bronze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5153/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. of bronze;—אִם־בְּשָׂרִי נ׳ Jb 6:12 or is my flesh of bronze? fig. for strong, enduring (‖ אֲבָנִים; cf. 40:18).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָחוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5153/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.12/)

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אִם־כֹּ֣חַ אֲבָנִ֣ים כֹּחִ֑י אִֽם־בְּשָׂרִ֥י נָחֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* (if)? \[the\].strength of.stones strength \[is\].my or? flesh \[is\].my bronze

*JPS 1917:* Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

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