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בָּשַׁל

𐤁𐤔𐤋

bâshal

H1310 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To cook by boiling or stewing in liquid, to prepare food using moist heat (especially by boiling), and by extension, to become ripe or mature. The word is also used metaphorically for processes of ripening (e.g., fruit) or maturation.

Semantic Range

to boil food, to cook in liquid, to be cooked thoroughly, to stew, to ripen (of fruit), to mature (figuratively of processes or events), to prepare food by boiling

Root / Etymology

From the root בשׁל (ב-ש-ל), meaning 'to boil, cook, ripen.' The verb בָּשַׁל derives directly from this root and retains the basic sense of cooking or boiling in liquid. The figurative meaning of ripening or maturing extends naturally from the idea of food being thoroughly cooked or fruit becoming mature and thus 'ready.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, בָּשַׁל most commonly refers to the act of cooking food by boiling, as opposed to roasting (צלה) or baking (אפה). The term appears in legal and ritual contexts, such as the prohibition against boiling a young animal in its mother's milk (Exod 23:19, 34:26, Deut 14:21). It is also used with regard to the preparation of grains or other foodstuffs (e.g., Gen 25:29, where lentil stew is described). The word can extend metaphorically to the ripening of fruit (as in Joel 3:13, 'the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great,' using the image of grapes becoming fully ripe). In post-biblical Hebrew, the core sense of boiling or cooking is retained. English translations often use multiple words—boil, seethe, cook—to render בָּשַׁל, occasionally missing the broader semantic framework that includes both literal culinary activity and metaphorical ripening or bringing to completeness.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen; bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

בשל (bâshal) — to boil, cook, ripen, mature

Root בשל to boil, cook, ripen, mature
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1311 בָּשֵׁל fully boiled
H4018 מְבַשְּׁלָה and boiling-hearths

Word Forms

19 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H1310-01 בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ bashelu HVpv2mp Boil Boil thoroughly! Boil thoroughly 3
H1310-09 תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל tevashel HVpi2ms you shall boil you will boil you will boil 3
H1310-03 בִּשְּׁל֗וּ bishelu HVpp3cp have cooked they thoroughly cooked they boiled 2
H1310-08 מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל mevushal HVPsmsa boiled boiled boiled 2
H1310-13 וּ/בִשַּׁלְתָּ֙ uvishaleta HC/Vpq2ms and you shall boil and you thoroughly boiled and you shall boil 2
H1310-14 וּ/בִשְּׁלוּ֙ uvishelu HC/Vpq3cp and baked and they thoroughly boiled and they boiled 2
H1310-19 יְבַשְּׁלוּ yevashelu HVpi3mp they shall boil they will thoroughly boil they shall boil 2
H1310-02 בִּשְּׁלָ֣/ם bishelam HVpp3ms/Sp3mp he boiled them he boiled them he boiled them 1
H1310-04 בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה bushalah HVPp3fs it-is-boiled she was thoroughly boiled it is boiled 1
H1310-05 הַֽ/מְבַשְּׁלִ֔ים hamevashelim HTd/Vprmpa of the cooks the ones boiling the ones boiling 1

Occurrences in Scripture

28 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H1310-06 Genesis 40:10 הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ hiveshilu HVhp3cp ripened they brought to ripeness they brought to ripeness
H1310-08 Exodus 12:9 מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל mevushal HVPsmsa cooked boiled boiled
H1310-10 Exodus 16:23 תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙ tevashelu HVpi2mp you will boil you will thoroughly stew you will thoroughly stew
H1310-01 Exodus 16:23 בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ bashelu HVpv2mp boil Boil thoroughly! Boil thoroughly
H1310-09 Exodus 23:19 תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל tevashel HVpi2ms you shall boil you will boil you will boil
H1310-13 Exodus 29:31 וּ/בִשַּׁלְתָּ֥ uvishaleta HC/Vpq2ms and you shall boil and you thoroughly boiled and you shall boil
H1310-09 Exodus 34:26 תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל tevashel HVpi2ms you shall boil you will boil you will boil
H1310-11 Leviticus 6:21 תְּבֻשַּׁל tevushal HVPi3fs it-is-boiled she will be thoroughly boiled it is boiled
H1310-04 Leviticus 6:21 בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה bushalah HVPp3fs it-is-boiled she was thoroughly boiled it is boiled
H1310-01 Leviticus 8:31 בַּשְּׁל֣וּ bashelu HVpv2mp Boil Boil thoroughly! boil
H1310-14 Numbers 11:8 וּ/בִשְּׁלוּ֙ uvishelu HC/Vpq3cp and baked and they thoroughly boiled and they boiled
H1310-09 Deuteronomy 14:21 תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל tevashel HVpi2ms you shall boil you will boil you shall boil
H1310-13 Deuteronomy 16:7 וּ/בִשַּׁלְתָּ֙ uvishaleta HC/Vpq2ms and you shall boil and you thoroughly boiled and you shall boil
H1310-07 1 Samuel 2:13 כְּ/בַשֵּׁ֣ל kevashel HR/Vpc while-boiling as cooking by boiling while boiling
H1310-08 1 Samuel 2:15 מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל mevushal HVPsmsa boiled boiled boiled
H1310-17 2 Samuel 13:8 וַ/תְּבַשֵּׁ֖ל vatevashel HC/Vpw3fs and baked and she boiled and she cooked
H1310-02 1 Kings 19:21 בִּשְּׁלָ֣/ם bishelam HVpp3ms/Sp3mp he boiled them he boiled them he boiled them
H1310-12 2 Kings 4:38 וּ/בַשֵּׁ֥ל uvashel HC/Vpv2ms and boil boiled and boil
H1310-15 2 Kings 6:29 וַ/נְּבַשֵּׁ֥ל vanevashel HC/Vpw1cp and-we-boiled and we boiled and we boiled
H1310-01 Ezekiel 24:5 בָּשְׁל֥וּ bashelu HVqp3cp they boiled Boil thoroughly! Boil thoroughly
H1310-19 Ezekiel 46:20 יְבַשְּׁלוּ yevashelu HVpi3mp they shall boil they will thoroughly boil they shall boil
H1310-05 Ezekiel 46:24 הַֽ/מְבַשְּׁלִ֔ים hamevashelim HTd/Vprmpa of the cooks the ones boiling the ones boiling
H1310-19 Ezekiel 46:24 יְבַשְּׁלוּ yevashelu HVpi3mp they shall boil they will thoroughly boil they will thoroughly boil
H1310-16 Joel 4:13 בָשַׁ֖ל vashal HVqp3ms is ripe he boiled is ripe
H1310-14 Zechariah 14:21 וּ/בִשְּׁל֣וּ uvishelu HC/Vpq3cp and they will boil and they thoroughly boiled and they will cook
H1310-03 Lamentations 4:10 בִּשְּׁל֖וּ bishelu HVpp3cp have cooked they thoroughly cooked they cooked
H1310-18 2 Chronicles 35:13 וַֽ/יְבַשְּׁל֥וּ vayevashelu HC/Vpw3mp and they roasted and they boiled and they roasted
H1310-03 2 Chronicles 35:13 בִּשְּׁל֗וּ bishelu HVpp3cp they boiled they thoroughly cooked they boiled
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