BDB5144 [H5154]

נְחוּשָׁה and (Lev 26:19; Job 40:18) נְחֻשָׁה noun feminine copper, bronze (only in poetry; compare I. נְחשֶׁת); — ׳נ always absolute; —

1. copper produced from ore by melting Job 28:2.

2. copper, doubtless hardened with alloy, = bronze, as material of bow 2Sam 22:35 = Ps 18:35; Job 20:24 gates Isa 45:2 figurative of strength Job 40:18 (bones of hippopotamus), compare Job 41:19, Mic 4:13 (hoofs of Zion); of obstinate brow Isa 48:4 (|| גִּיד בַּרְזֶל עָרְפֶּ֑ךָ); unproductive earth Lev 26:19.

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