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