--- title: בָּדַל — be divided · The Tanakh dictionary description: בָּדַל (914), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: be divided. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/914.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)‎ / בָּדַל‎ # בָּדַל «בָּדַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be divided** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 914 · **BDB:** בָּדַל ### Glosses separate (4); I.have.separated (3); he (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) be divided [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/914/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/914/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be divided, separate (Arabic بَدَلَ change, substitute, Mish. בָּדַל divide, Syriac ܒܕܰܠ Ithp. Ethp.)— divide, separate; Pf. הִבְדִּיל Nu 16:9; Dt 10:8; sf. וְהִבְדִּילוֹ consec. Dt 29:20; 3 fs. וְהִבְדִּילָה Ex 26:33; וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ Nu 8:14; הִבְדִּילוּ Ez 22:26, etc. Impf. יַבְדִּיל Lv 1:17 +; וַיַּבְדֵּל Gn 1:4, 7; 1 Ch 25:1; sf. יַבְדִּילַנִי Is 56:3; וָאַבְדִּל Lv 20:26; וָאַבְדִּילָה Ezr 8:24, etc.; Inf. abs. הַבְדֵּל Is 56:3; cstr. לְהַבְדִּיל Gn 1:14 +; Pt. מַבְדִּיל Gn 1:6; מַבְדִּילִים Is 59:2;— divide, separate, subj. God Gn 1:4 sq. בֵּין.… וּבֵין between light and darkness, cf. v 7; subj. heavenly bodies v 14, 18; subj. firmament sq. בֵּין … לְ Gn 1:6 (all in P’s source); Ex 26:33 of the פָּרֹכֶת in tab., sq. בֵּין … וּבֵין … לָכֶם; of iniquities, separating men from God בֵּין … לְבֵין Is 59:2. separate, set apart, sq. מִן, of י׳, setting off Isr. from other peoples Lv 20:24 (H) Nu 16:9 (P); Lv 20:26 sq. also לִהְיוֹת לִי; cf. 1 K 8:53 הִבְדּ׳ לְךָ לְנַחֲלָה separate them to thyself as an inheritance; of Moses, setting apart Levites, sq. מִתּוֹךְ Nu 8:14; of separating an individual from the people, i.e. excluding him Dt 29:20, sq. also לְרָעָה; sq. מֵעַל Is 56:3(×2), i.e. excluding him; cf. also Ne 13:3 sq. מִן; of setting apart (forbidding) beasts as unclean לָכֶם לְטַמֵּא Lv 20:25; of setting apart the tribe of Levi לָשֵׂאת וגו׳ Dt 10:8 (subj. י׳); cf. also (hum. subj.) 1 Ch 25:1, sq. לַעֲבֹדָה, 2 Ch 25:10 sq. Inf.; similarly Ezr 8:24; even sq.; ptcp. Ez 39:14 they shall set apart men עֹבְרִים, i.e. to pass through, or men that shall pass through (RV); so of setting apart cities, acc. Dt 4:41; cf. 19:2, 7. make a distinction between clean and unclean, holy and profane, sq. בֵּין … וּבֵין Lv 20:25 (H); 10:10; 11:47 (both P); sq. בֵּין … לְ Ez 22:26; 42:20. divide into parts Lv 1:17; 5:8 (P), prohibited in case of fowls offered in sacrifice. Pf. נִבְדְּלוּ 1 Ch 12:8 Ezr 9:1; Impf. יִבָּדֵל Ezr 10:8; וַיִּבָּדֵל 1 Ch 23:13; וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ Ezr 10:16; Ne 9:2; Imv. הִבָּֽדְלוּ Nu 16:21; Ezr 10:11; Pt. נִבְדָּל Ezr 6:21 Ne 10:29. (reflex. of Hiph. 2) separate oneself from people of the land, heathen, and their practices, also from non-Jewish wives, sq. מִן Ezr 6:21; 9:1; 10:11; Ne 9:2; abs. in same sense Ezr 10:16 (cf. StaG ii. 199 \& 179 n. Wl Pharisäer u. Sadd. 76). withdraw from (Moses \& Aaron from Israel) Nu 16:21 (P), sq. מִתּוֹךְ. separate oneself unto (אֶל) David 1 Ch 12:8. Ne 10:29 combines. a. \& c. separate oneself מֵעַמֵּי הָֽאֲרָצוֹת אֶל־תּוֹרַת הָאֱלֹהִים. pass., be separated. be excluded from the people, sq. מִן Ezr 10:8. be set apart, of Aaron, sq. לְהַקְדִּישׁוֹ 1 Ch 23:13.—On הבדיל, \& distinction from הפריד v. Dr JPh. xi. 219. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בָּדַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/914/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Deuteronomy 4:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.41/) אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ *Word for word:* then he.set.apart Moses three cities on the.other.side of the.Jordan rising towards.\[the\] of.\[the\].sun *JPS 1917:* Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; [Deuteronomy 19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.7/) עַל־כֵּ֛ן אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁלֹ֥שׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֥יל לָֽךְ׃ס *Word for word:* therefore I \[am\].commanding you (cmp) three cities you.will.set.apart for yourself *JPS 1917:* Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.' - ← previous: [בְּדִיל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b4_5d9_5dc.md) - next →: [בָּדָל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/915.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)