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title: פִּטְדָה — topaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּטְדָה (6357), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: topaz. BDB 1906: n.f. topaz chrysolite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּטְדָה

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«פִּטְדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **topaz** — 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:** 6357 · **BDB:** פִּטְדָה

### Glosses

a.topaz (2); (the).topaz (1); topaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

topaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6357/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. topaz chrysolite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6357/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (m. according to AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 108) topaz or chrysolite (according to 𝔊 τοπάζιον, 𝔙 topazius, etc.; prob. foreign word, cf. Skr. pîta (prob. yellow));—named with other precious stones Ez 28:13; Ex 28:17 = 39:10; cstr. פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ Jb 28:19.—Vid. PlinNH xxxvii. 8 (32), Houghton in SmDB, Topaz RiHWB, Edelstein.

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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 (1 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 «פִּטְדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6357/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.19/)

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לֹֽא־יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א תְסֻלֶּֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* not it will.be.comparable.to.it (the).topaz of.Cush in gold pure not it.will.be.paid

*JPS 1917:* The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

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[Exodus 39:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.10/)

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וַיְמַלְאוּ־ב֔וֹ אַרְבָּעָ֖ה ט֣וּרֵי אָ֑בֶן ט֗וּר אֹ֤דֶם פִּטְדָה֙ וּבָרֶ֔קֶת הַטּ֖וּר הָאֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.filled in it four rows of.stone\[s\] \[was\].a.row of.a.ruby a.topaz and a.beryl the row (the) one

*JPS 1917:* And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd was the first row.

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