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title: פּוּךְ — antimony · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּךְ (6320), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: antimony. BDB 1906: antimony, stibium. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּךְ

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«פּוּךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **antimony** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6320 · **BDB:** פּוּךְ

### Glosses

eye-paint (2); antimony (1); of.antimony (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

antimony [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6320/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

antimony, stibium [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6320/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] antimony, stibium (NH = BH; cf. poss. Arabic فَكَّ open, separate; Syriac ܦܰܟ pulverize; but פּוּךְ perhaps foreign word);—black mineral powder, for increasing brilliance of eyes by darkening edges of lids; וַתָּשֶׂם בַּפּ׳ עֵינֶיהָ 2 K 9:30, תִּקְרְעִי וגו׳ Je 4:30; (on practice in Arabic v. WeGGN, 1893, 443; in Egypt, LaneMod. Egypt. ed. 5, i. 45f.); fig. Is 54:11 of dark cement setting off precious stones (but WeDLZ, Aug. 2, 1890 CheHpt. al. read נֹפֶךְ q.v.); אַבְנֵי פ׳ 1 Ch 29:2 are perhaps stones of brilliant hue of antimony.—Cf. n.pr. קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ, and כָּחַל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6320/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 54:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.11/)

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עֲנִיָּ֥ה סֹעֲרָ֖ה לֹ֣א נֻחָ֑מָה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מַרְבִּ֤יץ בַּפּוּךְ֙ אֲבָנַ֔יִךְ וִיסַדְתִּ֖יךְ בַּסַּפִּירִֽים׃

*Word for word:* O.afflicted.\[one\] \[which\].it.is.storm-tossed \[which\].not it.has.been.comforted here! I \[am\].about.to.set in (the) antimony stones your and I will.refound.you with (the) sapphires

*JPS 1917:* O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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[2 Kings 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.30/)

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וַיָּב֥וֹא יֵה֖וּא יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל שָׁמְעָ֗ה וַתָּ֨שֶׂם בַּפּ֤וּךְ עֵינֶ֙יהָ֙ וַתֵּ֣יטֶב אֶת־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ף בְּעַ֥ד הַחַלּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Jehu to Jezreel and Jezebel she.heard and she.painted with (the) eye-paint eyes her and she.made.good (et) head her and she.looked.down through the window

*JPS 1917:* And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.

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