בַּ/נְּחֹ֨שֶׁת
𐤁/𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤕
nᵉchôsheth
in bronze
A metallic substance, primarily copper or bronze, used for implements, weapons, and decorative objects in ancient Israelite material culture; occasionally employed in a figurative sense to denote hardness, strength, or baseness in comparison to more valuable metals such as gold and silver.
2 Chronicles 2:13 · Word #13
Lexicon H5178
| Lemma | נְחֹשֶׁת |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤕 |
| Transliteration | nᵉchôsheth |
| Strong's | H5178 |
| Definition | A metallic substance, primarily copper or bronze, used for implements, weapons, and decorative objects in ancient Israelite material culture; occasionally employed in a figurative sense to denote hardness, strength, or baseness in comparison to more valuable metals such as gold and silver. |
Morphology HRd/Ncfsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | in bronze |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5178-01
in the bright-metal
| Morphological Notes | Preposition ב + definite article + feminine singular absolute noun. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun נְחֹשֶׁת denotes copper or bronze, a shiny metal derived from the root meaning "to shine." The prefixed preposition בַּ with the definite article yields "in the," and the singular feminine absolute noun is rendered generically as "bright-metal" to preserve the root sense rather than specifying copper or bronze. |
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