Urschrift
270
(
בחל
euphem. for a
√
II.
בעל
=
loathe
,
c.
בְּ
, assumed (
Thes Buh
l) for
Je 3:14
;
31:32
;
v. infr.
on p. 127a). NSyr.
ܒܲܚܸܠ
(
baḥel
)
envy
cf.
Stoddard
Syriac ܒܚܺܝܠ ( bḥil ), and adopts the view of Gei
) Pf. 3 fs. בָּֽחֲלָה Zc 11:8 בּ׳ בִי וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשִׁי בָּהֶם וְגַם נַפְשָׁם felt a loathing against me.
• II. [ בָּחֵל S 973 TWOT 228, 229 GK 1041 ] vb. ( Arabic بَخِلَ (baḫila) be avaricious ) — Qal ; only Pu. Pt. נַחֲלָה מְבֹחֶלֶת an inheritance gotten by greed Pr 20:21 Kt; < Qr Vrss נ׳ מְבֹהֶלֶת , v. בהל .
•[בָּחַן S 974 TWOT 230 GK 1043 ] vb. examine, try (cf. Aramaic בְּחַן, Syriac ܒܰܚܶܢ ( baḥen ), try, examine; Arabic محن ( mḥn ) I. VIIII. test , cf. W SG 65) — Qal Pf. sf.
בְּחָנַ˜נִי Jb 23:1 0, בָּחַנְתָּ ψ 17:3 + 7 times; Impf. יִבְחָ˜ן ψ 11:5 + 5 times; Imv. sf. בְּחָנֵנִי ψ 26:2 + 2 times; Inf. בְּחֹן Zc 13: 9; Pt. בֹּחֵן Je 11:20 + 5 times ( || צרף , נסה );— 1. examine, scrutinize, try ψ 11:5 ; 139:23 Jb 7:1 8; עַפְעַפָּיו יִבְחֲנוּ בְנֵי אָדָם His eyelids try the children of men (search them through and through) ψ 11:4 . 2. prove, test, try . a. with the metaphor of gold Jb 23:10 ; אֶת־הַזָּהָב וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּבְחֹן and I will try them as one tries gold Zc 13:9 . b. without metaphor, of God testing persons ψ 26:2 ; 66:10 ; 81:8 Je 9: 6; ways
Je 6:27 (prophet); the לֵב ψ 17:3 Je 12:3 Pr 17:3 1 Ch 29:1 7; reins Je 17:10 ; heart and reins ψ 7:10 Je 11:20 ( = 20:1 2). c. of man testing or tempting God ψ 95:9 Mal
3:10
,
15
.
d.
the ear trying words
Jb 12:11
=
34:
3.
Niph.
Impf.
יִבָּחֵן
Jb 34:36 Gn 42:15
,
16
,
to be tried, proved
.
Pu.
בֹּחַן
Ez 21:18
the trial has been made
(
Ö ã É
Ges MV Ew K
e, but noun
בֹּ˜חַן
MT Symm Hae
v; read
בְּחֵן
with grace, favour
,
Hi C
o).
•
בֹּ˜חַן
S
976
TWOT
230a
GK
1045, 1046
n.
[
m.
]
testing
,
Is 28:16
אֶבֶן בֹּחַן
a tested, tried stone
, i.e. approved for use as a foundation-stone. On
Ez 21:18
MT v.
foreg.
ad fin
.
Gei A. Geiger, Urschrift u.Übersetzungen der Bibel; Buhl Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds. 12-14 of Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T .;
W W. Wright, Comp. Semit. Gram. Ke C. F. Keil.
Haev Haevernick.
Gram. 12, 57