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"]
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
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.