H6781b H6781b
cover, lid (of a vessel)
This noun denotes a cover or lid for a vessel, appearing in Numbers 19:15's purity regulations. Any open container without a fastened cover in a tent with a corpse becomes unclean. The law required vessels to be sealed or lidded to prevent corpse defilement. The word emphasizes the fastening or binding aspect—the cover must be secured, not just placed on top, to provide effective ritual protection from death's contaminating influence.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A cover or lid for a vessel, specifically one that is fastened or tied down. Numbers 19:15 legislates corpse impurity: 'any open vessel which has no cover fastened on it is unclean.' The context is ritual purity—only sealed containers were protected from defilement by a corpse in the same tent. The fastening detail matters: loose covers provided no protection; the lid had to be bound on to create an effective seal against contamination. 1×
AR["رِبَاطُ"]·ben["বাঁধা"]·DE["fastening-von"]·EN["fastening-of"]·FR["fastening-de"]·heb["צמיד"]·HI["बंधन"]·ID["tutup"]·IT["fastening-di"]·jav["tutup"]·KO["덮개-의"]·PT["tampa"]·RU["завязанной"]·ES["atadura-de"]·SW["kifuniko-kilichofungwa"]·TR["bağlanmış"]·urd["بندھا"]
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
† II. צָמִיד n.[m.] cover, of vessel, Nu 19:15.