--- title: בַּד — separation · The Tanakh dictionary description: בַּד (lemma:בַּד), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: separation. BDB 1906: n.m. part. 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(always with לְ) לְבַדִּי, לְבַדּוֹ etc., 3 f. pl. †Gn 21:28 לְבַדְּהֶן, v 29 לְבַדָּ֫נָה;— with לְ, only in sg., לְבַד proposes in a state of (v sub לְ) separation, alone, by itself (Fr à part). Ex 26:9 (= 36:16) five curtains לְבַד by themselves, and six curtains לְבַד by themselves, Ju 7:5 him shalt thou set לבד apart, Zc 12:12–14. with sf. (89 times) to express the idea of by oneself, alone (proposes in his, thy, my separation), Gn 2:18 it is not good for man to be לְבַדּוֹ alone, 21:28 and A. set the seven lambs לְבַדְּהֶן by themselves (lit. in their separation), 32:17; 43:32; 2 S 10:8; Is 5:8; Gn 42:38 הוּא לְבַדּוֹ he alone, Ex 18:14 אַתָּה לְבַדְּךָ thou alone, Nu 11:14 אָנֹכִי לְבַדִּי I alone, 1 K 19:10, 14; Dt 8:3 not upon bread alone, 29:13; 2 S 13:32; 18:24; Is 44:24; 49:21; 63:3 +; after an oblique case, as a dat. Ex 22:19; Ju 3:20 ψ 51:6 לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ against thee alone have I sinned; a genit. 71:16 I will make mention of צִדְקָֽתְךָ לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ the righteousness of thee alone. as adv. of limitation, †Is 26:13 only through thee do we celebrate thy name, Ex 7:29. followed by מִן it becomes a prep., apart from, besides, Ex 12:37; Nu 29:39; Dt 3:5; 18:8 (read מִמְּכָרָיו with 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Aq Ew Di) Ju 8:26; 20:15 al. (15 times); once, Ezr 1:6, with עַל instead of מִן. מִלְּבַד33 (prob. inverted for לְבַד מִן) besides (chiefly P and late): Gn 26:1; 46:26; Lv 9:17; 23:38 (4 times) Nu 5:8; 6:21; 17:14 + 12 times Nu 28–29; Dt 28:69; Jos 22:29; 1 K 10:13; 1 Ch 3:9; 2 Ch 9:12; 17:19; 31:16; Ezr 2:65 = Ne 7:67; Dn 11:4. With sf. †Dt 4:35 אֵין עוֹד מִלְּבַדּוֹ there is none else besides him (cf. מִבַּלְעָדַי Is 45:21). concr. part Ex 30:34 (P) בַּד בְּבַד יִהְיֶה part for (i.e. like; cf. בְּ III. 3 end) part shall it be. בַּדִּים parts, spec. extended from something, i.e. (a) of a body, members, limbs Jb 18:13 (of man), 41:4 (of crocodile); (b) of a vine, rods or shoots Ez 17:6; 19:14; (c) of poles or staves used for carrying the ark Ex 25:13, 14, 15; 35:12; 37:4, 5; 39:35; 40:20; Nu 4:6 1 K 8:7, 8(×2) (= 2 Ch 5:8, 9(×2)) or table of shewbread Ex 25:27, 28; 35:13; 37:14, 15; Nu 4:8, or altar of B. O. Ex 27:6(×2), 7(×2); 35:16; 38:5, 6, 7; 39:39 Nu 4:14, or altar of incense Ex 30:4, 5; 35:15; 37:27, 28; Nu 4:11; (d) more gen. bars (of fortress) Ho 11:6, (of a gate) Jb 17:16 fig. בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל (cf. Is 38:10). read הַעִמָּדִי (for בַּדֵּי) 𝔊 Du Dr, with נֵחָ֑ת in v b (for נָ֫חַת). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 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 «בַּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 17:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.16/) בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת׃ס *Word for word:* the.poles of.Sheol will.they.go.down? or? together to \[the\].dust will.we.go.down *JPS 1917:* They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust. [Exodus 25:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.13/) וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בַדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃ *Word for word:* and you.will.make poles of.wood(s) of.acacia and you.will.overlay them gold *JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold. - ← previous: [בַּד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/907.md) - next →: [בָּדָא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/908.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)