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Strong's #914 - בָּדַל
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- to divide, separate
- (Hiphil)
- to divide, separate, sever
- to separate, set apart
- to make a distinction, difference
- to divide into parts
- (Niphal)
- to separate oneself from (reflexive of 1a2)
- to withdraw from
- to separate oneself unto
- to be separated
- to be excluded
- to be set apart
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2005) ldb (בדל BDL) AC: Separate CO: Piece AB: ?: [from: db]
V) ldb (בדל BDL) - Separate: To divide or separate something. KJV (42): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil) separate, divide, difference, asunder, severed - Strongs: H914 (בָּדַל)
Nm) ldb (בדל BDL) - Piece: Something that is divided or separated from something else. KJV (1): piece - Strongs: H915 (בָּדָל)
bm) lidb (בדיל BDYL) - Tin: A metal separated out by smelting. KJV (6): tin - Strongs: H913 (בְּדִיל)
hf1) eldbm (מבדלה MBDLH) - Separate: A place separated. KJV (1): separate - Strongs: H3995 (מִבְדָּלוֹת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Hiph`il divide, separate; Perfect הִבְדִּיל Numbers 16:9; Deuteronomy 10:8; suffix וְהִבְדִּילוֺ consecutive Deuteronomy 29:20; 3 feminine singular וְהִבְדִּילָה Exodus 26:33; וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ Numbers 8:14; הִבְדִּילוּ Ezekiel 22:26, etc. Imperfect יַבְדִּיל Leviticus 1:17 +; וַיַּבְדֵּל Genesis 1:4,7; 1 Chronicles 25:1; suffix יַבְדִּילַנִי Isaiah 56:3; וָאַבְדִּל Leviticus 20:26; וָאַבְדִּילָה Ezra 8:24, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַבְדֵּל Isaiah 56:3; construct לְהַבְדִּיל Genesis 1:14 +; Participle מַבְדִּיל Genesis 1:6; מַבְדִּילִים Isaiah 59:2; —
1 divide, separate, subject God Genesis 1:4 followed by וּבֵין....בֵּין between light and darkness, compare Genesis 1:7; subject heavenly bodies Genesis 1:14; Genesis 1:18; subject firmament followed by בֵּיןלְ֗֗֗ Genesis 1:6 (all in P's source); Exodus 26:33 of the מָּרֹכֶת in tabernacle, followed by בֵּיןוּ֗֗֗בֵין֗֗֗ לָכֶם; of iniquities, separating men from God בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין Isaiah 59:2.
2 separate, set apart, followed by מִן, of ׳י, setting off Israel from other peoples Leviticus 20:24 (H) Numbers 16:9 (P); Leviticus 20:26 followed by also לִהְיוֺת לִי; compare 1 Kings 8:53 לְךָ לְנַחֲלָה׳הִבְדּ separate them to thyself as an inheritance; of Moses, setting apart Levites, followed by מִתּוֺח Numbers 8:14; of separating an individual from the people, i.e. excluding him Deuteronomy 29:20, followed by also לְרָעָה; followed by מֵעַל Isaiah 56:3 (twice in verse), i.e. excluding him; compare also Nehemiah 13:3 followed by מִן; of setting apart (forbidding) beasts as unclean לָכֶם לְטַמֵּא Leviticus 20:25; of setting apart the tribe of Levi ׳לָשֵׂאת וגו Deuteronomy 10:8 (subject ׳י); compare also (hum. subject) 1 Chronicles 25:1, followed by לַעֲבֹדָה, 2 Chronicles 25:10 followed by Infinitive; similarly Ezra 8:24; even followed by participle Ezekiel 39:14 they shall set apart men עֹבְרִים, i.e. to pass through, or, men that shall pass through (RV); so of setting apart cities, accusative Deuteronomy 4:41; compare Deuteronomy 19:2,7.
3 make a distinction between clean and unclean, holy and profane, followed by בֵּיןוּ֗֗֗בֵין Leviticus 20:25 (H); Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:47 (both P); followed by בֵּיןלְ֗֗֗ Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 42:20.
4 divide into parts Leviticus 1:17; Leviticus 5:8 (P), prohibited in case of fowls offered in sacrifice.
Niph`al Perfect נִבְדְּלוּ 1 Chronicles 12:8; Ezra 9:1; Imperfect יִבָּדֵל Ezra 10:8; וַיִּבָּדֵל 1 Chronicles 23:13; וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ Ezra 10:16; Nehemiah 9:2; Imperative הִבָּֽדְלוּ Numbers 16:21; Ezra 10:11; Participle נִבְדָּל Ezra 6:21; Nehemiah 10:29. 1 (reflexive of Hiph`il 2)
a. separate oneself from people of the land, heathen, and their practices, also from non-Jewish wives, followed by מִן Ezra 6:21; Ezra 9:1; Ezra 10:11; Nehemiah 9:2; absolute in same sense Ezra 10:16 (compare Sta G. ii. 199 & 179n. Wl Pharisäer u. Sadd. 76).
b. withdraw from (Moses & Aaron from Israel) Numbers 16:21 (P), followed by מִתּוֺח.
c. separate oneself unto (אֶל) David 1 Chronicles 12:8.
d. Nehemiah 10:29 combines a. & c. separate oneself מֵעַמֵּי הָֽאֲרָצוֺתאֶלתּֿוֺרַת הָאֱלֹהִים.
2 passive, be separated.
a. be excluded from the people, followed by מִן Ezra 10:8.
b. be set apart, of Aaron, followed by לְהַקְדִּישׁוֺ 1 Chronicles 23:13. — On הבדיל, & distinction from הפריד see Dr JPhoenician xi. 219.
בָּדַל not used in Kal, kindred to the root בָּתַל بتل to separate, to distinguish.
Hiphil
(1) to separate, to disjoin, Leviticus 1:17 as two places by a veil, fence, wall. Exodus 26:33; Ezekiel 42:20; Genesis 1:6, things previously mixed together; Genesis 1:4.
(2) Figuratively applied to the mind, to separate, to distinguish diverse things, Levit. 10:9, 10; “ye shall not drink wine nor strong drink … that ye may distinguish the clean and unclean;” 11:47; 20:25. In both these significations (No. 1, 2) there follows בֵּין … וּבֵין Genesis 1:4, Exodus 26:33 בֵּין … לְבֵין Isaiah 59:2 בֵּין … לְ Genesis 1:6.
(3) to separate from the rest, to select out of them, in a good sense; followed by מִן Numbers 8:14, 16:9 Leviticus 20:24, 26 Leviticus 20:26 also followed by לְ of that to which any thing is destined, 1 Kings 8:53 also without מִן Deuteronomy 4:41, 10:8 1 Chronicles 25:1 absol. Deuteronomy 19:7; Ezekiel 39:14.
(4) to separate, to shut out, as a mixed multitude from a people; followed by מִן Nehemiah 13:3 מֵעַל Isaiah 56:3. With the addition of לְרָעָה Deuteronomy 29:20 as is often the case in medial phrases [i.e. those which may be taken in either a good or a bad sense].
Niphal
(1) pass. of Hiph. No. 3, to be separated, to separate oneself; followed by מִן Ezra 6:21, 9:1 10:11 also to be selected, Ezra 10:16 followed by לְ to or for any thing, 1 Chronicles 23:13.
(2) pass. of Hiph. No. 4, to be secluded, shut out.
(3) to depart from a place, followed by מִן of the place, Numbers 16:21 followed by אֶל [of pers.], to depart to some one, 1 Chronicles 12:8.
Derivative nouns are בְּדִיל, מִבְדָּלוֹת, and