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title: פְּלָדֹת — iron · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלָדֹת (6393), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: iron. BDB 1906: n.f. iron, steel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּלָדֹת

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«פְּלָדֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **iron** — 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:** 6393 · **BDB:** פְּלָדָה

### Glosses

of.iron(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

iron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6393/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. iron, steel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6393/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. usually iron, steel (origin dub.; steel in Arabic is فوُلَاذٌ, فالَوُذ, but Vulg.Ar. بُولَاد; Syriac ܦܘܠܕ (in Lexx); loan-wd.from Pers. پُولَاد according to LagGes. Abh. 75, cf. NöZMG xxx (1876), 769, but uncertain, cf. Now and reff.);—pl. \[abs.!\] בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָדֹת הָרֶכֶב Na 2:4 כָּאֵשׁ פִּלְדֹת וגו׳ We Now, like fire the steel (fittings) of the chariots.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «פְּלָדֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6393/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.4/)

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מָגֵ֨ן גִּבֹּרֵ֜יהוּ מְאָדָּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֙יִל֙ מְתֻלָּעִ֔ים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָד֥וֹת הָרֶ֖כֶב בְּי֣וֹם הֲכִינ֑וֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁ֖ים הָרְעָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.shield of his.warriors \[is\].dyed.red men of.strength \[are\].clothed.in.scarlet \[are\].in fire of.iron(s) the chariotry on the.day prepares he and the cypresses they.have.been.made.to.quiver

*JPS 1917:* The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.

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