נְחוּשָׁה

«נְחוּשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: copper — 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: 10 times · Key: 5154 · BDB: נְחוּשָׁה

Glosses

of.bronze (5); bronze (3); [was].bronze (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

copper tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. copper, bronze tree →

The whole BDB entry

and (Lv 26:19 Jb 40:18) נְחֻשָׁה n.f. copper, bronze (only poet.; cf. i. נְחשֶׁת);—נ׳ always abs.;— copper, produced from ore by melting Jb 28:2. copper, doubtless hardened with alloy, = bronze, as material of bow 2 S 22:35 = ψ 18:35, Jb 20:24; gates Is 45:2; fig. of strength Jb 40:18 (bones of hippopotamus), cf. 41:19, Mi 4:13 (hoofs of Zion); of obstinate brow Is 48:4 (‖ גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ); unproductive earth Lv 26:19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «נְחוּשָׁה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 20:24

יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

Word for word: he.will.flee from a.weapon of.iron it will.pierce.him a.bow of.bronze

JPS 1917: If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Job 28:2

בַּ֭רְזֶל מֵעָפָ֣ר יֻקָּ֑ח וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן יָצ֥וּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

Word for word: iron from.[the] dust it.is.taken and stone someone.pours.out copper

JPS 1917: Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.

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