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1 Kings 10:15

“Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בַּדbad · bad
H905 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
Derivation: from H909 (בָּדַד);
KJV renderings: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Grammar: לְ — preposition
בַד֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 202 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:18 Genesis 21:28 Genesis 21:29 Genesis 26:1 Genesis 30:40

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 בַּד here.

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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.