Genesis 2:12
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
בְּדֹלַח
bᵉdôlach
something in pieces, i.e. bdellium, a (fragrant) gum (perhaps amber); others a pearl
שֹׁהַם
shôham
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּדֹלַח bᵉdôlach
something in pieces, i.e. bdellium, a (fragrant) gum (perhaps amber); others a pearl
Study H916 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,...
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
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