נחושת
Hebrew
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Etymology
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| נ־ח־שׁ (n-ḥ-š) |
Compare Arabic نُحَاس (nuḥās, “copper”)
Noun
נחושת / נְחֹשֶׁת • (n'khóshet) f (singular construct נחושת / נְחֹשֶׁת־)
- Copper: the elemental metal with atomic number 29.
- (poetic, Biblical Hebrew): Bronze or brass (or other alloys of copper)
- 1 Samuel 17:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וּמִצְחַת נְחֹשֶׁת עַל־רַגְלָיו וְכִידוֹן נְחֹשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו׃
- U-mitsḥát n'ḥóshet ʿal ragláv v-khidón n'ḥóshet bein k'tefáv.
- And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
- 1967, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], Jerusalem, OCLC 766450198, performed by Shuly Nathan:
- יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב וְשֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת וְשֶׁל אוֹר; הֲלֹא לְכָל שִׁירַיִךְ אֲנִי כִּנּוֹר
- Yerushaláyim shel zaháv v-shel n'ḥóshet v-shel or; haló l-khol shiráyikh ani kinnor.
- Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light; am I not for all of your songs a violin?
- Copper: the reddish color associated with this metal.
References
- “נחושת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
נחושת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he