BDB4948 [H5035]

I. נֵ֫בֶל noun masculine^{Jer 13:12}

1. skin-bottle, skin;

2. jar, pitcher; — נֵ֫בֶלabsolute 1Sam 10:5 +; construct v1Sam 10:3 + (on נֶכֶל see Baer^{1Sam 1:24}); —

1. skin of wine, נֵ֫בֶל יַיִן 1Sam 1:24; 1Sam 10:3; 2Sam 16:1, compare also Jer 13:12 (twice in verse); plural נִבְלֵי יַיִן 1Sam 25:18 : figurative נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם Job 38:37 i.e. clouds (|| שְׁחָקִים).

2. earthen jar, pitcher: figurative of connections of Eliakim כְּלֵי נְבָלִים Isa 22:24 נִבְלֵיהֶם יְנַפֵּ֑צוּ Jer 48:12 (|| כֵּלִים יָרִיקוּ) in figure of Moab (compare Ps 2:9); נִבְלֵיתֶֿרֶשׂ Lam 4:2 simile of men of Judah (|| מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי יוֺצֵר); simile of destruction of Judah, שֵׁבֶר נֵ֫כֶל יוֺצְרִים Isa 30:14.

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