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title: פַּז — refined · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּז (6337), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: refined. BDB 1906: n.m. refined, pure gold. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּז

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«פַּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **refined** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 6337 · **BDB:** פַּז²

### Glosses

of.pure.gold (4); than.pure.gold (4); gold (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

refined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6337/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. refined, pure gold [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6337/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 19:11 refined, pure gold (Talm. פִּיזָּא; 𝔗 פִּיזּוּזָא);—עֲטֶרֶת פָּ֑ז ψ 21:4; in compar. of value or beauty: La 4:2, אַדְנֵי־פ׳ Ct 5:15; ‖ (or +) זהב Jb 28:17 (כְּלִי־פ׳), ψ 19:11 (+ רָ֑ב); 119:127; ‖ כֶּתֶם Is 13:12, cf. כֶּתֶם פ׳ Ct 5:11; + חָרוּץ Pr 8:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6337/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.12/)

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אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* I.will.make.precious humankind more than.pure.gold and humankind more than.(the).gold of.Ophir

*JPS 1917:* I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.

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[Psalms 119:127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.127/)

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עַל־כֵּ֭ן אָהַ֣בְתִּי מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ מִזָּהָ֥ב וּמִפָּֽז׃

*Word for word:* therefore I.love commandments your more than.gold and more than.pure.gold

*JPS 1917:* Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

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