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title: בֹּחַן — testing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּחַן (976), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: testing. BDB 1906: testing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּחַן

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«בֹּחַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **testing** — 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:** 976 · **BDB:** בֹּ֫חַן

### Glosses

of.testing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

testing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/976/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

testing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/976/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] testing, Is 28:16 אֶבֶן בֹּחַן a tested, tried stone, i.e. approved for use as a foundation-stone. On Ez 21:18 MT v. foreg. ad fin.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «בֹּחַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/976/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.16/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֛י יִסַּ֥ד בְּצִיּ֖וֹן אָ֑בֶן אֶ֣בֶן בֹּ֜חַן פִּנַּ֤ת יִקְרַת֙ מוּסָ֣ד מוּסָּ֔ד הַֽמַּאֲמִ֖ין לֹ֥א יָחִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I he.has.laid in Zion a.stone a.stone of.testing a.corner of.preciousness of.a.foundation founded the.\[one who\].trusts not he.will.make.haste

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.

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