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1 Chronicles 29:5
“The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2091 · Hebrew
- Definition
- gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to shimmer;
- KJV renderings
- gold(-en), fair weather.
- Grammar
- לַ — preposition with definite article
- זָּהָ֤ב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 389 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:12Genesis 13:2Genesis 24:22Genesis 24:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָהָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.