דְּהַב23 H1722
Gold (Aramaic); the precious metal, used in Daniel and Ezra for golden vessels, statues, and royal ornamentation.
The Aramaic cognate of Hebrew zāhāb, this noun appears exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra. Nebuchadnezzar's statue has a head of gold (Dan 2:32), his golden image towers on the plain of Dura (Dan 3:1), and Belshazzar drinks from the golden vessels plundered from Jerusalem's temple (Dan 5:2-3). In Ezra, the word marks the gold items Cyrus restores to Israel (Ezra 5:14; 6:5) and the silver and gold donated for the rebuilt temple (Ezra 7:15-18). Across every target language — Spanish 'oro,' French 'or,' German 'Gold' — the rendering is identical to the Hebrew equivalent.
Senses
1. gold (Aramaic) — Gold as a precious metal in Aramaic, covering royal statues (Dan 2:32; 3:1), temple vessels seized and restored (Dan 5:2-3; Ezra 5:14; 6:5), and treasure for rebuilding (Ezra 7:15-18). Both emphatic dahabā and absolute dehab denote the same substance. Spanish 'oro,' German 'Gold' confirm a single undivided sense. 23×
AR["الذَّهَبِ", "الذَّهَبِيِّ", "ذَهَبٍ", "مِنَ-الـ-ذَّهَبِ", "مِنْ-ذَهَب", "مِنْ-ذَهَبٍ", "وَ-الـ-ذَّهَبُ", "وَ-ذَهَب"]·ben["আর-স্বর্ণ", "এবং-সোনা", "সোনার"]·DE["Gold", "[דהבה]", "[ודהב]", "das-Gold", "und-das-Gold"]·EN["and-gold", "and-the-gold", "gold"]·FR["[דהב]", "[דהבה]", "[ודהב]", "et-l'or", "l'or"]·heb["דהבה", "ה-זהב", "ו-דהב", "ו-זהב", "זהב"]·HI["और-सोना", "सोने", "सोने-का", "सोने-के"]·ID["-emas", "dan-emas", "emas"]·IT["[דהבה]", "[ודהב]", "e-l'oro", "l'oro", "oro"]·jav["emas", "kang", "lan-emas"]·KO["그리고-금", "그리고-금이", "금", "금-의", "금의", "금의-그", "금이었다"]·PT["e-ouro", "ouro"]·RU["-золота", "-золотой", "-золотому", "золотая", "золотые", "золотых", "и-золото"]·ES["oro", "y-el-oro", "y-oro"]·SW["dhahabu", "na-dhahabu"]·TR["altindan", "altın", "altından", "ve-altini", "ve-altın"]·urd["اور-سونا", "سونے-کا", "سونے-کے"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)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×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
דְּהַב23 n.m. Dn 2:32 gold (so 𝔗 Syriac; BH זָהֶב);—abs. ד׳ Dn 2:32 +, דְּהַ֑ב Ezr 7:15; emph. דַּהֲבָה 5:14; 6:5; 7:18, -בָא Dn 2:35 + 15 times Dn.