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בַּד

bad · H907 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. part, limb, piece

    State in which an object is an integrated part of a larger unit or substance

    Examples

    Job 41:12 “I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.

  2. idle talk, boast

    Action by which someone utters words that are considered arrogant and foolish, for which one ought to be ashamed

    Examples

    Job 11:3 “Shall your boasts silence people? And will you scoff, and no one rebuke?

    Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; His idle boasts are false.

    Jeremiah 48:30 “I know his fury,” declares the LORD, “But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing.

  3. diviner, false prophet, oracle-priest

    Person who speaks on behalf of a deity or other supernatural power; probably associated with foolishness

    Examples

    Isaiah 44:25 Causing the omens of diviners to fail, Making fools of fortune-tellers; Causing wise men to turn back And making their knowledge ridiculous,

    Jeremiah 50:36 “A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her warriors, and they will be shattered!

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 2 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 6 entries
Cloth001002005003
This code is inherited from the root's shared domain listing and reflects the linen-fabric homograph rather than the falsehood sense drafted here.
Dissociate002003002009
This code is inherited from the root's 'alone/apart' homograph rather than describing the lie/liar sense in this entry.
Tools001003001001017
This entry carries no independent “Tools” sense of its own; its tagged occurrences render the noun for idle or boastful talk, as in “Causing the omens of diviners to fail, making fools of fortune-tellers” (Isaiah 44:25). The “Tools” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexemes בַּד (bad, H905) and בַּד (bad, H906) rather than independently attested here.
Trees001002007002
This entry carries no independent “Trees” sense of its own; its tagged occurrences render the noun for idle or boastful talk, as in “Causing the omens of diviners to fail, making fools of fortune-tellers” (Isaiah 44:25). The “Trees” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexemes בַּד (bad, H905) and בַּד (bad, H906) rather than independently attested here.
Speak002004001009008
This sense denotes an idle boast or false statement, as in Job 11:3 and Isaiah 16:6, so it genuinely belongs to this domain of speech acts, here specifically empty or deceptive talk.
Prophets001001003010
This entry carries no independent "Prophets" domain sense beyond the ordinary meaning of the word itself; the tagged occurrences describe boastful, empty, or lying speech generally (Job 11:3's "boasts," Isaiah 44:25's "making fools of fortune-tellers," Jeremiah 50:36's "a sword against the oracle priests... they will become fools"), and it is only in this last kind of context — mockery of false diviners and oracle-priests — that the sense brushes against the domain of prophetic figures, never naming a true prophet as such.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בָּדָא bâdâʼ · H908 · to choose, to devise, to invent · 2×בַּדbad · H907
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H907. bad III. [בַּד] noun masculine only Plural בַּדִּים. a. empty, idle talk…
H907. bad
III. [בַּד] noun masculine only Plural בַּדִּים.
a. empty, idle talk (Phoenician CIS3, 6 listen not to בדנם = Hebrew בַּדֵּיהֶם; compare vain talk), especially with collateral idea of imaginary pretensions or claims: Job 11:3 מְתִיםיַחֲרִישׁוּ בַּדֶּיךָ thy idle talk brings men to silence (|| וַתִּלְעַג), Isa 16:6 (of Moab) בַּדָּיו כֵן לֹא his boastings are not right (unfounded), hence Jer 48:30.
b. concrete empty talkers, praters (compare Late Hebrew בַּדָּאָה, Syriac , liar), of false prophets, Isa 44:25; Jer 50:36.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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