UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: OET EZE 21:13
RSV NIV "testing" REB "test" GNT CEV "I am testing" | {A:NRSV} {A:NJPS} = בחן; Passage: OET ISA 28:16
For a summary of alternative ways of interpretation, cf. {A:Wildberger}

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: testing

Semantic domains: Know (002004002007)

Core domains: Mind (106); Behavior (017)

Definition: = action by which humans or deities evaluate the dependability and/or reliability of someone else ◄ as an assayer examines ore or metal

Show passage in OET: EZE 21:18

OET-RV EZE 21:13

13 because testing will come,
⇔ but what if the scepter doesn’t last?
§ That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-LV EZE 21:18

18  If/because it _has _been _tested and_what if also a _scepter it_is_rejecting not it _will _be the _utterance _of my_master YHWH.

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Sense 2: tested (stone)

Semantic domains: Good (002001001028)

Core domains: Mind (106); Quality (137)

Definition: exact meaning unsure; probably: = state of having been carefully chosen and tested, ≈ with the connotation of being suitable for its purpose

Show passage in OET: ISA 28:16

OET-RV ISA 28:16

16 Therefore, my master Yahweh says:
⇔ Look, I’ve put a foundation stone in place in Tsiyon (Zion)—one that’s been tested.
⇔ It’s a valuable cornerstone—a reliable foundation.
⇔ Anyone who trusts in it won’t have to rush away.

OET-LV ISA 28:16

16 For_so/thus/hence thus my_master YHWH he _says here_I he _has _laid in_Tsiyyōn/(Zion) a _stone a _stone _of testing a _corner _of preciousness _of a _foundation founded the_one_who_trusts not he _will _make _haste.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בֹּחַן

Form 1

Sense 1: testing

Sense 2: tested (stone)