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# מַצְרֵף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4715

**crucible** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

crucible [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4715/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַצְרֵף²: crucible [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4715/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] crucible (proposes place or instrument of refining); מ׳ לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב Pr 17:3; 27:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a crucible (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 17:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.3/#tree)

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וּבֹחֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.crucible \[is\].for (the) silver and a.furnace \[is\].for (the) gold and.\[is\] testing hearts Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.

[Proverbs 27:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.21/#tree)

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ לְפִ֣י מַהֲלָלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.crucible \[is\].for (the) silver and a.furnace \[is\].for (the) gold and a.person \[is\].to the.mouth his.praise his

*JPS 1917:* The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man is tried by his praise.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4715/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).