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Ezekiel 24:5
“Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִבְחָרmibchâr · mib-khawr'
H4005 · Hebrew
H4005 · Hebrew
- Definition
- select, i.e. best
- Derivation
- from H977 (בָּחַר);
- KJV renderings
- choice(-st), chosen.
- Grammar
- מִבְחַ֤ר — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 23:6Exodus 15:4Deuteronomy 12:112 Kings 19:23Isaiah 22:7
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 מִבְחָר 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.