Lexicon
בָּחוֹן
ba.chon
H0969
H:N-M Hebrew

assayer

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ba.chon denotes a person appointed to test the way of a people.

The attested use presents ba.chon as a person set among the people to know and test their way in Jeremiah 6:27.

Senses in use

  1. An appointed tester among the people · dominant

    In Jeremiah 6:27, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the statement that such a person has been given among the people and will know and test their way. The APB renders the clause, "An assayer I have given you among my people, a fortification, and you will know and test their way."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 6:27, the APB presents the person as "An assayer" and places that appointment alongside knowing and testing the people's way.

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