H6668 H6668
polished, gleaming; bronze or metal brought to a high shine
This participle describes metal that has been polished until it gleams. In Ezra 8:27, it refers to bronze vessels that gleam or shine, precious items being transported back to Jerusalem. The verb suggests burnishing to a high luster, making the metal reflect light brilliantly. It's a word of craftsmanship and value—not raw bronze, but metal refined and finished to beauty, worthy of the temple service.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezra 8:27 mentions "bronze of gleaming" or "polished bronze," describing valuable vessels. The Spanish "pulido" (polished) captures the finished quality. This isn't ordinary metal but treasures carefully prepared for sacred use, their brightness symbolizing both material value and the honor due to God's house. 1×
AR["لامِعَة"]·ben["মসৃণ"]·DE["[מצהב]"]·EN["polished"]·FR["[מצהב]"]·heb["מצהב"]·HI["चमकीले"]·ID["berkilau"]·IT["[מצהב]"]·jav["kang-mengkilap"]·KO["빛나는"]·PT["polido"]·RU["полированных"]·ES["pulido"]·SW["iliyosugushwa"]·TR["parlak"]·urd["چمکدار"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [צָהֵב, צָהֹב, cf. LagBN 31] vb. gleam (NH id. (of face, bronze, etc.); Arabic صَهِبَ be red);— Hoph. Pt. נְחשֶׁת מֻצְהָב Ezr 8:27 bronze of gleaming ware (so NH and—appar. Hebraism—𝔗 2 Ch 4:16).