Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon

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^693; W3B ^9'« La29; Impf. V?C>| Je 3V; J?3Bni 1S1749; n^SBNf 69";— sink, sink doum, intrans., c. 3; 1 S 1 749 (stone into Goliath's fore- head); Je 38" (Jerem. in mire of dungeon); La 29 (gates of Jerus. into ground); metaph. of distress; fe^rbwa JVa'B; 6915(||B''B»'0^xn); nations into the pit (nnE*3) 916. Pu. Pf. WSB be sunk Ex 154 (poem) of Egyptians drowned qiDTrs. Hiph. Pf W3Bn be sunk f33 in the mire, of feet, metaph. of entangle- ments and difficulties Je^; W3I?n, of pedes- tals (D^W) of the earth, as settled, planted ^? Jb 38s (|| H3B m») ; abs. of mountains Pr 8^. ni'3t3 n.f. signet, signet-ring, ring (on format, v. Lag B!,8S; As.timbu'u, seal-ring, Muss- Arnoltlc)— abs. n$ae> Ex 2624+3t.; cstr. id. Est3is+3t-; toV3B Gn4i42+2t.; pi. abs. niV3B IS31 Ex 28s; nj)3B Ex 251212+i4t.; cstr.niVSB Ex 2823+ 2 t; nj>3B Ex 2 s'2 -f- 12 t; sf. lnJQB Ex 28s8 3921 ; DnTl3?3B Ex 26M; DnjBB 36s4; — 1. signet-ring, of king, taken from his hand and given as token of authority Gn 4142 (E), Est31082; used in sealing official missives Est 312 88810 (vb. DnPl). 2. ring, as orna- ment Is 321; as gift for sacred purposes Ex 35s NU3160 (both P). 3. most often (only in Ex.) of rings for staves of ark, for curtains, for ephod, and other sacred furniture Ex 251212-'2 + 35 t. in Ex (all P). TrO>'2T-3 n.pr.m. a family name among the Nethinim Ezr 243=Ne 74S. ~QLD (v of foil.; meaning dubious). TT12t2 n.[m.] highest part, centre (ace. to @ 93 navel, so NH id., and "fl3,B, Aram. uryenp, Nn^B)— pun -vqb Dye on"}' oy nan Ju 937 behold people descending from the highest part of the land; ptW IISB-^y ^ Ez 3812 those dwelling upon the navel of the earth, i. e. upon the mountainous country of Israel, central and prominent in the earth. b b 2 TVVS^ltO n.pr.m. (Aram. ; = Ramman is good, or is wise, v.Wkl on 7X3D supr.) — father of Benhadad king of Aram I K 1518. trCIO n.pi". 10th month=Dec.-Jan., Est 2" (Nab. TOO EutNoS Palm, id., VogHoe<i; loan-word from As. Tebetuni, SfhrC0T on Ne I1, HptK-vo«iiO) jgjjZAivawOT?^ y perh.«e6i2=S?3t2 v. esp. Hpt'% Muss-AmoU'81""'1892'170, month of sinking in = muddy month). TDSTD n.pr.loc. Ju 7", spot near which Gideon's pursuit of Midianites ended, site un- known. t"intD vb. be clean, pure (Ar.J^i, JXJ° id.; NH id., Pi. make or declare ceremonially clean; AranOi'O emptiness, ^l!'1? brightness; Sab.nnt3 Hal682;' Eth. ftTUd: *rtlU<S: pur(/y, wash oneself with water) — Qal Pf. 'a Lvii32 + 12 1.; 3 fs. nrtng Lv 127 1528; nVR? Lv 128 etc., + 5 t. Pf; Impf TW Lv 1513 Jb 4" etc., + 9t. /mp/; /tnOjT? 2K51013; — 1. be clean, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by wash- ing in the Jordan 2 K J****.' 2. 6e cZ«m ceremonially (only H P), Lv I513'28-28 (P), 2 24 {H); by washing with water, the flesh Lv 2 27 (H); garments Lvi^Nn 3 124 (all P); both flesh and garments Lv 175 (H), 14s-9 1513 Nu 19" (all P); other articles Lv 1 i32 (P); passing things through the fire Nu 3123 (P); offering sin-offerings Lv 1 27-8 1 420 (P) ; by the ceremony of the two birds Lv 1453 (P); by ashes of red heifer Nu I9I212(P). 3. be clean morally, of people, made clean by Va scattering clean water upon them Ez 36^; of Jerus., specif, made clean from idolatry, under fig. of adultery Je 1327; also sq. JO Ez 241313 (purification by '<); made clean DSVltterrbD Lvi630(P; by the sin-offering of the atonement day); also of the individual, be clean niSETO Pr2o9 (||n3T); become clean by use of hyssop ^5i9 (|| ?,??£); more generally 1rAP?<?? Vft&STtMJ Jb 417 shall a man be more pure than his maker? (\\ PJj^T)- Pi.Jp/nnDLvi33 + 4t.; ef. VviBLv i36+5 1.; 2 ms. JTiriB Nu 8615 etc. + 7 t. Pf; Impf. "WO} 2 Ch 346etc. + 4 t. Impf; Imv. sf. 7SJJ ty 51"; Inf.cstr.T® Ez 39,2+ 5 t.; sf. ^H0 Ez 36s3 etc. + 4 t. Inf.; Pt. iriDD Lv 14" Mai 33;— chiefly P; 1. cleanse, jrurify : a. physically, metals from dross Mai 3s; land from corpses Ez 3912- "•"; heavens from clouds Jb3721; temple from unclean things 2 Ch 29161618; land and city from Asherim and images 2 Ch 34358; store-cham- 372 mnia bers of temple from household stuff Ne 139; priesthood by exclusion of alien blood Ne 1 3s0, b. ceremonially, the altar of incense by the blood of the annual sin-offering Lv 1619 (P); tlie people, gates, and wall (by some undefined ceremony) Ne 1230; the altar of the court by the blood of sin-offerings Ez 43M; of consecra- tion of Levites by risen 'D Nu8"(P), and nNQn Nu 81521 (P). c. morally Lv 1 630 (P), Ez 37 s3 Mai 33; HKISTO ^51*; (m)31SO Je338Ez 36s3; n(l)XDt3» Ez 24" 36s6. 2. pronounce clean, ceremonially Lv 1 j««**«Ji x 4?.48 (all P). 3. perform the ceremony of cleansing Lv 1411 (P). Pu. Pf. 3 ms. inb 1 S 2026 (so rd. for MT lino ® We Dr, he is not clean, be- cause he hath not been cleansed) ; Pt. N? Yl# rnnbp a land not cleansed Ez 2 224 (but ® Hi Ew Co SS rd. a land not rained upon, v. 1t2D). Hithp. Pf. 3 pi. nqjjn Ezr 6!0; *Vflpi (Ko1271) 2Ch3018 Nu87; ipl. ^inan Jos 22"; Impf. nnttj Ne 1230; Imv. vintsn Gn352; Pt. inao Lvi47+nt.; pi. D,"}™p Nei3M Is 6617;— reflexive : 1. purify oneself; a. ceremonially, esp. in preparation for sacred duties Gn 352(R)> Nu 87 2 Ch 3018 Ezr 620 Ne 1 3*; also for heathen mysteries Is 6617; of purifying priests, people, and wall Ne 1 2s0 (cf. Pi. 1 b). b. morally Jos 2217 (P). 2. present oneself for purifica- tion, only pt. "intspn the candidate for purifica- tion Lv I4«A«-"-W-"-»-»-a»-»>(P). t"trii5ll.[m.]purity,purifying — 1. purity, -\T0> evfn DSys Ex 2410 (JE), as the body of the heavens for purity. - 2. sf. n~\nQ iQ Lv 124'6 the days of her purifying (menstruation). t[nna] (v. Ges>,o-2-B), or [-«ro] (oi"73" B'oi386) n.[m.] clearness, lustre (dub. word; sub "«P Hup Pe SS ; so Thes, reading Vvibd) — only nntSD Pl3^n ^8946; DeHupPeSch thou hast made (him) to cease from his lustre; <S 93 made his lustre to cease, so AE Ki al. reading n. nntpp 0r VintSD (D. f. ace. to Ges52012b), and gchrsk 1868, etz WT]10 reads iir.p nra^n ; Gr prop. imuy his crown; Bae ^*M? nBD sceptre from his hand. t rnnfO n.f. purifying, cleansing ; — abs. 'B Lv ia«+ 2 t.; cstr. Tf^f 1 Ch 23s8 2 Ch 3019; sf. frn~B Lv 1 37 + 7 t.; — 1. purifying, men- struation Lv 1245. 2. cleansing, jmrification, of leper Lv I37-* I42-2332; of Nazirite Nu 69; from an issue Lv 1 513 (all P) ; from contact with the dead Ez 4426 ; of sacred things in gen. 1 Ch 23128; ofpersonsforthepassover 2CI1 3019; -rtrra 373 3189 n"i~En ITICB'O Ne 1 2te the charge, requirement of purification. TTinU adj. clean, pure; — m. abs. 'o Ex 25n + 68t.; ihBLv n47+4t.; cstr.">1nO Hab 1 13; tino PF2 211; "ino Jb 179; f. rnVilp Mai 1" + 3 1.;' mTntp Gn f + 8 1.; mpl. o,-iino Ez 3626 Ezr620; D^iioPr 1526; fpl. nvino Lvi'44 ^ 127; — 1. ceremonially clean, of animals Gn 7s-2-8-8 8s020 (all J), Lv i44(p). 202525(H), Dt h"20;