VerseLight

Original Language Studio

Deuteronomy 29:20

“The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.” (KJV)

Tap a word · read right to left

Lexical meaning

בָּדַלbâdal · baw-dal'
H914 · Hebrew
Definition
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
(make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הִבְדִּיל֤ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
  • וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhq3ms/Sp3ms
Usage
Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:18

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 בָּדַל here.

Verse 19Verse 21

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.