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title: בָּחוֹן — assayer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּחוֹן (969), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: assayer. BDB 1906: assayer. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּחוֹן

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«בָּחוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **assayer** — 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:** 969 · **BDB:** בָּחוֹן

### Glosses

an.assayer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

assayer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/969/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

assayer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/969/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] assayer, one who tries metals Je 6:27 (Ges§ 84, 3 Ew§ 152 b).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּחוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/969/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.27/)

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בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥יךָ בְעַמִּ֖י מִבְצָ֑ר וְתֵדַ֕ע וּבָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת־דַּרְכָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* an.assayer I have.made.you among people my fortification and you.will.observe and you.will.test (et) conduct their

*JPS 1917:* I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

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