H7529 H7529
hot stones, heated rocks (used for baking)
These are glowing or heated stones, appearing in 1 Kings 19:6 where the exhausted Elijah finds bread baked on hot stones prepared by an angel. The term emphasizes the stones' heat, not merely their substance. This detail enriches the narrative—not just bread but freshly baked bread, still warm from the coals. The divine provision includes culinary care. Multilingual glosses uniformly capture the 'hot' quality, distinguishing these from ordinary stones.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The plural 'hot stones' in 1 Kings 19:6 refers to the traditional baking method where bread dough is placed on heated stones. The angel's provision for Elijah includes this warm, fresh-baked bread ('cake of hot stones'). Every major translation preserves the thermal element: Spanish 'carbones' (coals), English 'hot stones,' emphasizing that these aren't cold rocks but heat-retaining cooking surfaces. Related to the glowing stones in Isaiah 6:6, though lexically distinct. 1×
AR["جَمْرٍ"]·ben["গরম-পাথরের"]·DE["hot-Steine"]·EN["hot-stones"]·FR["hot-pierres"]·heb["רצפים"]·HI["गर्म-पत्थरों-पर-पकी"]·ID["arang"]·IT["hot-pietre"]·jav["watu-bènthèng"]·KO["숙불"]·PT["braséiro"]·RU["углей"]·ES["carbones"]·SW["makaa"]·TR["közler-üzerinde"]·urd["انگاروں-پر-پکی"]
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
† I. רִצְפָּה n.f. glowing stone (or coal) (WeIsr. u. Jüd. Gesch.(3) 83);—ר׳ abs. Is 6:6; pl. עֻגַת רְצָפִים 1 K 19:6 (cf. Syriac supr.).