Senses
1. iron (metal) — The metal iron, used as a material substance for tools, weapons, fetters, and construction. Both clusters refer to the same physical substance: S128522 covers bare nominal uses ('iron', 'the iron') while S128523 covers simile constructions with prepositional prefix kaph ('as iron', 'like iron'). Multilingual evidence is uniform: eng 'iron/as iron', spa 'hierro', hin लोहा/लोहे, arb حَدِيدٍ, kor 철, swa 'chuma' — all denoting the identical metal regardless of syntactic frame. 20×
AR["الـ-حَدِيدَ","الـ-حَدِيدُ","الْحَدِيدِ","حَدِيدٌ","حَدِيدٍ","كَـ-الـ-حَدِيدِ","لِ-الـ-حَدِيدِ","مِنَ-الـ-حَدِيدِ","مِنْ-حَدِيدٍ","وَ-كَـ-الـ-حَدِيدِ"]·ben["-লোহার-মতো","এবং-লোহার-মতো","লোহা","লোহার"]·DE["Eisen","das-Eisen","und-Eisen","wie-das-Eisen"]·EN["and-as-iron","as-iron","iron","the-iron"]·FR["[וכפרזלא]","[כפרזלא]","fer","le-fer"]·heb["ברזל","ו-כ-ברזל","כ-ברזל"]·HI["और-जैसा-लोहा","जैसा-लोहा","लोहा","लोहे","लोहे-के"]·ID["-besi","besi","dan-seperti-besi","seperti-besi"]·IT["come-il-ferro","e-ferro","ferro","il-ferro"]·jav["kados-wesi","lan-kados-wesi","wesi"]·KO["같이-철","그리고-같이-철","철-","철-의","철과","철의","철이","철이고","철이다","철이었다"]·PT["como-ferro","e-como-ferro","ferro"]·RU["-железа","-железных","железные","железных","железо","и-как-железо","как-железо"]·ES["como-el-hierro","el-hierro","hierro","y-como-el-hierro"]·SW["chuma","kama-chuma","na-kama-chuma"]·TR["demir","demir-gibi","demirden","demiri","demirin","ve-demir-gibi"]·urd["اور-جیسے-لوہا","جیسے-لوہا","لوہا","لوہے","لوہے-کی","لوہے-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
פַּרְזֶל19 n.m. Dn 2:40 iron (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH בַּרְזֶל);—abs. Dn 2:33 (-זֶ֑ל), 4:12 +; emph. פַּרְזְלָא 2:34 +;—Dn 2:33, 34 + 11 times 2; 4:12, 20; 5:4, 23; 7:7, 19.