זהב
TWOT
529
(
√ of foll.; meaning dubious;
cf.
Lag
BN
55 Anm
)
.
זָהָב
S
2091
TWOT
529a
GK
2298385
n.m.
Gn 2:12
gold
(
NH id.;
Arabic
ذَﻩَبٌ
(
ḏahabun
),
Sab.
דֿהב
e.g.
Os
29 DHM
ZMG 1883, 338
; Aramaic
דְּהַב
,
ܕܗܰܒ
(
dhab
),
Palm.
חהבא
Vog
No. 23)
—
ז׳
abs.
Gn 2:11
+
364 times;
cstr.
Gn 2:12
+
6 times;
sf.
זְהָבִי
1 K 20:7
+
2 times;
זְהָֽבְךָ
1 K 20:
3,
5
;
זְהָבֶ˜ךָ
Is 30:2
2;
זְהָבֹו
Is 2:2
0;
31:7
;
זְהָבָם
Ho 8:4
+
4 times;—
gold
,
1.
=
gold-ore, gold in a raw state,
Gn 2:11
,
12 Je 10:9 Pr 17:
3;
27:21 Jb 28:1
+; perhaps also
1 K 9:28
;
10:11
;
22:49
etc.;
cf.
עַפְרֹת ז׳
Jb 28:6
5
v.
also
Zc 13:9
(
sim.
of tried people of
י׳
) and
cf.
Mal 3:
3; likewise
Jb 23:10
(
sim.
of Job’s purity, as shewn by divine tests);
מִצָּפֹון זָהָב
Jb 37:22
is
dub.
;
Ew De
al.
out of the North comes gold;
others, however,
golden light, brightness
, of sun after clouds dispersed by north wind,
Ö
Rabb.
Da
al.
; or
golden splendour
of God coming from north
Bö
Ä 76 Hi
al.
;
Siegf conj.
יהוה
for
זהב
read perhaps
זִהַר
Du
and
Dr
.
2.
gold as wealth
Gn 13:2
(
J
;
+
מִקְנֶה
,
כֶּסֶף
)
24:34
(
J
;
+
צֹאן
,
בָּקָר
,
כֶּסֶף
,
עֲבָדִם
,
שְׁפָחֹת
,
גְּמַלִּים
,
חֲמֹרִים
)
cf.
Ho 2:8 Is 2:7 Dt 8:1
3;
17:17 Jb 3:1
5;
31:24 Zc 14:14 Ezr 1:
4,
6
+; in gen., as precious:
נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעשֶׁר
רָ˜ב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טֹוב
Pr 22:1
to be chosen
is
a name more than great riches, and good favour more than silver and than gold;
Jb 28:17
(of wisdom)
gold and glass do not equal it;
ψ 19:10
(ordinances of
י׳
)
which are more to be desired than gold;
cf.
119:7
2,
127
; also
metaph.
of princes and chief men of Zion
La 4:1
(
cf.
v
2).
3.
gold as spoil of war
Jos 6:19
(
+
כֶּסֶף
,
כְּלֵי־נְחשֶׁת
,
בַּרְזֶל
) so
v
2
4,
cf.
7:2
1,
24
;
22:8 2 K 7:8
+.
4.
gold as merchandise
Ez 27:22
(
+
אֶבֶן יְקָרָה
,
רֹאשׁ כָּל־בֹּשֶׁם
),
cf.
also gold from Ophir
1 K 9:28
etc. (
v.
sub
7
infr
.)
5.
gold as costly gift: to a prophet
מְלֹא בֵּיתֹו כֶּסֶף וְז׳
(hypothet.),
Nu 22:18
;
24:13
(both
E
); brought by queen of Sheba to Solomon
1 K 10:2
,
10
(both
+
אֶבֶן יְקָרָה
and
בְּשָׂמִים
)
=
2 Ch 9:1
,
9
; as tribute
2 K 23:35
(×2) (
cf.
v
3
3; all
+
כֶּסֶף
); as satisfaction for murder
2 S 21:4
(
+
כֶּסֶף
).
6.
gold as material: of (nose- or ear-)ring,
נֶזֶם
Gn 24:22 Ex 32:2
,
3 Ju 8:2
4,
26 Pr 11:2
2;
25:12 Jb 42:1
1; of chain
Gn 41:42
, shields
2 S 8:7
, images of emerods
1 S 6:4
,
17
and mice
v
4,
11
,
18
;
תַּפּוּחֵי ז׳
Os E. Osiander. sim. simile. Da A. B. Davidson. Bö F. Böttcher. Siegf C. Siegfried. Du B. Duhm.