H1253 H1253
lye, alkali, potash; cleansing agent used for washing, though application to metallurgy is debated
This term refers to an alkaline substance derived from plant ashes, used anciently for washing and potentially in refining metals. Isaiah mentions it in connection with purifying silver, though some scholars question whether lye was actually used in metal refining, suggesting textual corruption to 'as in a furnace.' Job speaks of washing with lye in the context of futile attempts at self-purification. The substance was made by mixing water with burnt plant ashes containing potash, creating a caustic solution for cleaning—the ancient world's soap.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — An alkaline cleansing agent or lye (Job 9:30; Isaiah 1:25), used in contexts of purification. Job uses it metaphorically for attempted self-cleansing that cannot remove guilt. Isaiah's usage in a metallurgical context is textually disputed—some scholars suggest 'as in a furnace' rather than 'with lye' for the purifying process. The bracketed Hebrew in German and French shows translators' awareness of the interpretive challenges, while the basic sense of a powerful cleansing agent remains consistent. 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"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† 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.