o.phe.ret denotes a metal named in material lists, refining scenes, sinking, inscription, and a weighted covering.

The term most often identifies a metal alongside silver, bronze, iron, and tin or in furnace and refining scenes. It also occurs in imagery of sinking, in an inscription instruction, and for a substantial object placed over an ephah.

1. Metal in lists and furnace imagery · dominant

   In Ezekiel 22:18 and Ezekiel 22:20, the feminine singular absolute form is named with bronze, tin, and iron in a furnace and melting comparison. Ezekiel 27:12 and Numbers 31:22 likewise place it among traded or designated metals, while Jeremiah 6:29 has it consumed by fire and Exodus 15:10 uses it in the comparison of those who sank in the waters.

   Exodus 15:10Ezekiel 22:18Ezekiel 22:20Ezekiel 27:12Jeremiah 6:29Numbers 31:22
2. Material used with an iron stylus · rare

   In Job 19:24, the feminine singular absolute form occurs with an iron stylus in the request that words be hewn in rock forever. The APB renders the clause, "With an iron stylus and lead let them be hewn in rock forever."

   Job 19:24
3. Substantial object covering an ephah · occasional

   In Zechariah 5:7, a plain of this material is lifted up over the ephah; in Zechariah 5:8, a stone of it is cast upon the ephah's mouth. Both uses retain the feminine singular absolute form while depicting a physical covering or closure.

   Zechariah 5:7Zechariah 5:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as "lead" in the supplied verses, including material lists, the furnace scenes, and Job 19:24. In Zechariah 5:7 it says "a plain of lead," while Zechariah 5:8 has "the lead stone"; these are presentations of the translated clauses rather than definitions.