זהב

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
ז־ה־ב (z-h-b)
Chemical element
Au
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Etymology[edit]

A Central Semitic innovation. Cognate with Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab) and Classical Syriac ܕܗܒܐ (dahḇā).

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זָהָב (zahávm (singular construct זְהַב־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. gold (metal)
    Synonyms: פַּז, סְגוֹר, כֶּתֶם, חָרוּץ, בֶּצֶר, אוֹפִיר
    • Tanach, Genesis 24:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָם׃
      Va-yhí ka'ashér killú hag-gmallím lishtót va-yiqqáḥ ha-ish nézem zahav béqaʿ mishqaló u-shnei ts'midím ʿal yadéha ʿasara zahav mishqalám.
      And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold.
  2. gold (color)
    • 1967, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], performed by Shuly Nathan, Jerusalem, →OCLC:
      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?
  3. gold (anything or anyone very valuable)
    • Tanach, Psalms 19:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      הַנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפַּז רָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת צוּפִים׃
      Ha-neḥemadím miz-zaháv u-mi-paz rav; u-m'tuqím mi-dvash v-nófet tsufím.
      More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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