בד

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־ד־ד (b-d-d)

Borrowed from Egyptian

(bḏꜣ, “a piece of linen employed for a splint”).

Noun

בַּד • (bad) m (plural indefinite בַּדִּים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. fabric, cloth, linen
2. screen (film or television): the fabric it is projected on.

Synonyms

• (fabric) אָרִיג
• (projector screen) אֶקְרָן

Noun

בַּד • (bad) m (plural indefinite בַּדִּים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (obsolete) branch, bough, a wooden stick.
   • Tanach, Exodus 25:13, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וְעָשִׂיתָ בַדֵּי עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתָם זָהָב.

     You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

Synonyms

• עָנָף
• עֹפִי
• פֹּארָה / פֻּארָה
• זמורה

Adjective

בַּד • (bád) (feminine בַּדָּה, masculine plural בַּדִּים, feminine plural בַּדּוֹת) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (obsolete, not productive) separate‏, ‏detached‏
   • Tanach, Exodus 30:34, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה קַח לְךָ סַמִּים נָטָף וּשְׁחֵלֶת וְחֶלְבְּנָה סַמִּים וּלְבֹנָה זַכָּה בַּד בְּבַד יִהְיֶה.

     The Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),

Usage notes

• It survives today in terms, such as לְבַד (l'vád, “alone, apart...”) and בַּד בְּבַד (bád b'vád, “simultaneously, at the same time”).

Derived terms

• לְבַד (l'vád, “alone, apart, not together, on one's own; alone, sole, only”)
• בַּד בְּבַד (bád b'vád, “simultaneously, at the same time”)

Etymology 2

Root
ב־ד־ה (b-d-h)

Noun

בַּד • (bad) m (plural indefinite בַּדִּים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (only plural) liars: people who tell lies.

Synonyms

• שַׁקְרָן (shakrán)
• בַּדַּאי

References

• “בד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• בד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• דב