H1253 H1253
Senses
1. sense 1 2×
AR["بِالصّابونِ","كَالقَلي"]·ben["-ক্ষারের-মতো","-মধ্যে-ক্ষারের"]·DE["[בבר]","[כבר]"]·EN["as-with-lye","with-lye"]·FR["[כבר]","dans-בבר"]·heb["ב-בור","כ-בור"]·HI["जैसे-क्षार-से","साफ़ाई-से"]·ID["dengan-sabun","seperti-alkali"]·IT["[כבר]","in-with-lye"]·jav["kados-kaliyan-soda","nganggo-sabun"]·KO["잿물-로"]·PT["com-pureza","como-com-potassa"]·RU["как-щёлоком","щёлоком"]·ES["como-con-lejía","con-lejía"]·SW["kama-sabuni","kwa-sabuni"]·TR["potada-gibi","saflıkla"]·urd["سورے-کی-طرح","صابن-سے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. בֹּר n.m. lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metals Is 1:25; Jb 9:30 (see בֹּרִית. Is 1:25 read prob. כַּכֻּר as in a furnace (Is 48:10); there seems no evidence that ‘lye’ (i.e. water mixed with the burnt ashes of plants containing potash, used formerly for washing) was ever used in refining gold or silver: cf. J. NapierAnc. Workers in Metal (1856), 15, 20, 25 WAW in SmithDB ii, 368; Amer. Rev. Ed. (1871, vol. iii), 1939.