bor: so Original Word: בֹּר Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: bor Phonetic Spelling: (bore) Short Definition: so
I. בֹּר noun masculine lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metals Isaiah 1:25 **read probably כַּכֻּר as in a furnace (Isa 48:10); there seems no evidence that 'lye' (i.e. water mixed with the burnt ashes of plants containing potash, used formerly for washing) was ever used in refining gold or silver: compare J. NapierAnc. Workers in Metal {1856}, 15, 20, 25 WAM in SmithDB ii. 368; Amer. Rev. Ed. (1871, vol, iii), 1939. (see בֹּרִית).
never so, purely The same as bor; vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap for washing, or a flux for metals -- X never so, purely. see HEBREW bor
bār — 10 Occ. hab·bār — 1 Occ. ḇab·bār — 1 Occ. ḇār — 2 Occ. bā·rā — 6 Occ. ḇā·rā — 2 Occ. bə·ḇōr — 1 Occ. kab·bōr — 1 Occ. kə·ḇōr — 3 Occ. kə·ḇō·rî — 1 Occ. bā·rā — 5 Occ. bā·rā·ṯā — 1 Occ. bā·rā·ṯî — 3 Occ. bā·rê — 2 Occ. bə·hib·bā·rə·’ām — 1 Occ. bə·rā- — 1 Occ. bə·rā·’āh — 1 Occ. bə·rā·’ām — 1 Occ. bə·rā·’ā·nū — 1 Occ. bə·rā·ṯîw — 2 Occ.
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