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title: נְחוּשָׁה — copper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְחוּשָׁה (5154), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: copper. BDB 1906: n.f. copper, bronze. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְחוּשָׁה

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«נְחוּשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **copper** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 5154 · **BDB:** נְחוּשָׁה

### Glosses

of.bronze (5); bronze (3); \[was\].bronze (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

copper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5154/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. copper, bronze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5154/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Lv 26:19 Jb 40:18) נְחֻשָׁה n.f. copper, bronze (only poet.; cf. i. נְחשֶׁת);—נ׳ always abs.;— copper, produced from ore by melting Jb 28:2. copper, doubtless hardened with alloy, = bronze, as material of bow 2 S 22:35 = ψ 18:35, Jb 20:24; gates Is 45:2; fig. of strength Jb 40:18 (bones of hippopotamus), cf. 41:19, Mi 4:13 (hoofs of Zion); of obstinate brow Is 48:4 (‖ גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ); unproductive earth Lv 26:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 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 «נְחוּשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5154/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.24/)

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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.

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[Job 28:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.2/)

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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.

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