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בֹּרִית (bôrîyth) n-f (bo-reeth')
Source: feminine of H1253;
Meaning: vegetable alkali
KJV: sope.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

b.dg.af

בֹּרִית n.f. lye, alkali, potash, soap, used in washing

Appears in a total of 2 verses:

JER 2:22

OET-LV: 22 If/because though you_will_wash with_soda and_you_will_increase to/for_you(fs) soap is_stained iniquity_of_your to/for_my_face/front the_utterance_of my_master YHWH. (JER_2:22)

OET-RV: 22 because even if you wash yourself with bleach or use heaps of soap,
 ⇔ your guilt remains as a stain in front of me.
 § That is the declaration of my master, Yahweh. (JER 2:22)

MAL 3:2

OET-LV: 2 And_who will_endure DOM the_day_of his_coming and_who is_the_one_who_will_stand when_appears_he if/because he is_like_the_fire a_refiner and_like_the_soap washers. (MAL_3:2)

OET-RV: 2 But who could survive it when he comes? Who can stand when he appears, because he’ll be like the refiner’s fire and like the cleaners’ powerful soap? (MAL 3:2)

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