H0913 H0913
Tin, alloy, or dross; a base metal separated from precious ore, also used for a plumb weight.
In the ancient metalworker's vocabulary, bedil referred broadly to the impure residue left when precious metal is smelted. Numbers 31:22 lists it alongside gold, silver, bronze, iron, and lead as a spoil of war requiring purification by fire. In Ezekiel 22:18-20, Israel herself becomes tin mixed with dross in God's furnace. Isaiah 1:25 narrows the meaning to the impurity God promises to purge from Jerusalem, while Zechariah 4:10 uses 'the stone of tin' as a plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand, a symbol of precision in rebuilding.
Senses
1. and tin — Tin as a base metal (plumbum album), listed among metals of commerce and war spoil (Num 31:22; Ezek 22:18, 20; 27:12). Spanish estaño and French étain preserve the metallurgical specificity. In Ezekiel's furnace imagery, Israel is reduced to tin and dross among nobler metals. 4×
AR["الْـ-قَصْدِيرَ","قَصْدِيرٍ","وَقَصِديرٌ","وَقَصِديرٍ"]·ben["এবং-দস্তা","এবং-দস্তার","টিনে-","বাইসাকে"]·DE["[בדיל]","[ובדיל]","der-tin"]·EN["and-tin","the-tin","tin"]·FR["et-étain","le-tin","étain"]·heb["בדיל","ה-בדיל","ו-בדיל"]·HI["और-टिन","टिन"]·ID["dan-timah","timah","timah,"]·IT["[בדיל]","[ובדיל]","il-tin"]·jav["lan-timah","timah"]·KO["그-주석과","그리고-주석","그리고-주석을","주석으로-"]·PT["e-estanho","estanho","o-estanho"]·RU["и-олова","и-олово","олово","оловом"]·ES["estaño","y-estaño"]·SW["bati","bati-hiyo","na-bati"]·TR["-kalayı","kalayile","ve-kalay","ve-kalayın"]·urd["اور-قلعی","رانگے","قلعی"]
2. the plumb — A plumb weight or plummet, used in the construct phrase 'the stone of tin' (Zech 4:10). The dense metal serves as the bob on a builder's plumb line. Spanish la de plomo ('the one of lead') reflects the weighty, hanging function. A symbol of God's exacting measurement of Zerubbabel's temple work. 1×
AR["الْمُعَلَّقَةِ"]·ben["দস্তার"]·DE["[הבדיל]"]·EN["the-plumb"]·FR["étain"]·heb["ה-בדיל"]·HI["टिन-के"]·ID["timah"]·IT["[הבדיל]"]·jav["timah"]·KO["그-다림추의"]·PT["a-de-prumo"]·RU["-отвесный"]·ES["la-de-plomo"]·SW["la-risasi"]·TR["çekinin-"]
3. your alloy — Alloy or dross, the base impurity clinging to silver after smelting. In Isaiah 1:25 God vows to smelt away 'your alloy' from Jerusalem. Spanish tu impureza ('your impurity') captures the moral-metallurgical metaphor: sin as a contaminant that must be burned away before the city can be called righteous again. 1×
AR["قَصدِيرِكِ"]·ben["তোমার-মিশ্রণ"]·DE["[בדיליך]"]·EN["your-alloy"]·FR["[בדיליך]"]·heb["בדילייך"]·HI["तेरी-मिलावट"]·ID["kotoran-logammu"]·IT["[בדיליך]"]·jav["timah-panjenengan"]·KO["네-불순물을"]·PT["impureza-tua"]·RU["олово-твоё"]·ES["tu-impureza"]·SW["uchafu-wako"]·TR["katışıgını"]·urd["تیری-کھوٹ"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H3701 1. silver (the metal) (391×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H0216 1. light (general / metaphorical) (116×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)H1270 1. iron (metal, tools, weapons; fig. strength/hardness) (76×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)G3037 1. stone / rock (59×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6697 1. rock, cliff, crag (49×)H3001 1. be dry, wither (intransitive) (45×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בְּדִיל n.[m.] alloy, tin, dross (orig. that which is separated from precious metal; cf. Plin. Hist. Nat. xxiv. 16, xxxiii. 9)—בּ׳ abs. Nu 31:22 + 4 times; Pl. sf. בְּדִילָ֑יִךְ Is 1:25;— 1. alloy, Is 1:25 fig. of evil of Jerusalem, which י׳ will remove (הֵסִיר; ‖ סִגָ֑יִךְ). 2. tin (plumbum album) Nu 31:22 (P; + זָהָב, כֶּסֶף, נְחשֶׁת, בַּרְזֶל, עֹפָ֑רֶת); fig. of Isr. Ez 22:18 (+ נְחשֶׁת,…