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title: בְּדֹלַח — bdellium · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּדֹלַח (916), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bdellium. BDB 1906: bdellium. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּדֹלַח

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«בְּדֹלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bdellium** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 916 · **BDB:** בְּדֹ֫לַח

### Glosses

bdellium (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bdellium [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/916/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bdellium [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/916/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] prob. bdellium (𝔖 ܒܶܪܽܘܠܚܳܐ; 𝔗 בְּדוּלְחָא; etym. dub.; LagGes. Abh. 20 prop. Skr. udûkhala) c. art. הַבְּ׳, apparently therefore well known; one of the products of the land Havilah Gn 2:12; used in simile of colour of manna וְעֵינוֹ כְּעֵין הַבְּדֹלַח Nu 11:7.—Meaning somewhat uncertain; 𝔊 Gn 2:12 ἄνθραξ, Nu 11:7 κρύσταλλος; Saad. A W Ki Bo al. pearls, cf. LagOr ii. 44; Jos Ant. iii. 1, 6 Aq Theod Symm 𝔙 most bdellium, an odoriferous transparent gum, of yellowish colour. (Cf. SmithDict. Bible Sigismund Aromata, 18.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «בְּדֹלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/916/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.12/)

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וּֽזֲהַ֛ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא ט֑וֹב שָׁ֥ם הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃

*Word for word:* and the.gold of the.land (the) that \[is\].good \[are\].there (the) bdellium and.(the) stone of.(the) onyx

*JPS 1917:* and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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[Numbers 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.7/)

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וְהַמָּ֕ן כִּזְרַע־גַּ֖ד ה֑וּא וְעֵינ֖וֹ כְּעֵ֥ין הַבְּדֹֽלַח׃

*Word for word:* and the manna \[was\].like seed of.coriander it and appearance its \[was\].like the.appearance of.(the) bdellium

*JPS 1917:* Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

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