"זהב" meaning in Hebrew

See זהב in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zaˈhav/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /zɔˈhɔv/ [Tiberian-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Buffer-זהב.wav Forms: זָהָב [canonical], zaháv [romanization], זְהַב־ [construct, singular]
Etymology: A Central Semitic innovation. Cognate with Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab) and Classical Syriac ܕܗܒܐ (dahḇā). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|ذَهَب}} Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab), {{cog|syc|ܕܗܒܐ|tr=dahḇā}} Classical Syriac ܕܗܒܐ (dahḇā) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=זְהַב|g=m|pat=קָטָל|tr=zaháv|wv=זָהָב}} זָהָב • (zaháv) m (singular construct זְהַב־) [pattern: קָטָל]
  1. gold (metal) Categories (topical): Metals Synonyms: פַּז, סְגוֹר, כֶּתֶם, חָרוּץ, בֶּצֶר, אוֹפִיר
    Sense id: en-זהב-he-noun--9kx~gSp Disambiguation of Metals: 42 31 27 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 30 33
  2. (uncountable) gold (a deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold) Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Yellows
    Sense id: en-זהב-he-noun-iV7kfFQ6 Disambiguation of Yellows: 12 77 12 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 30 33
  3. gold (anything or anyone very valuable)
    Sense id: en-זהב-he-noun-m2~dWGbm Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטָל: 30 30 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 31 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: לֵב זָהָב (lév zaháv), מדליית זהב (medályat zaháv), מֵדַלְיַת זָהָב (medályat zaháv), מַצְנֵחַ זָהָב (matsnéakh zaháv) Related terms: זָהוּב
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "לֵב זָהָב"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "מדליית זהב"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "מֵדַלְיַת זָהָב"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "A Central Semitic innovation. Cognate with Arabic ذَهَب (ḏahab) and Classical Syriac ܕܗܒܐ (dahḇā).",
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      "form": "זָהָב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zaháv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "זְהַב־",
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      },
      "expansion": "זָהָב • (zaháv) m (singular construct זְהַב־) [pattern: קָטָל]",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "_dis": "30 30 40",
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        {
          "english": "And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0124#כד_כב|24:22]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Va-yhí ka'ashér killú hag-gmallím lishtót va-yiqqáḥ ha-ish nézem zahav béqaʿ mishqaló u-shnei ts'midím ʿal yadéha ʿasara zahav mishqalám.",
          "text": "וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָם׃",
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        }
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        "gold (metal)"
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      "id": "en-זהב-he-noun--9kx~gSp",
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          "gold"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "פַּז"
        },
        {
          "word": "סְגוֹר"
        },
        {
          "word": "כֶּתֶם"
        },
        {
          "word": "חָרוּץ"
        },
        {
          "word": "בֶּצֶר"
        },
        {
          "word": "אוֹפִיר"
        }
      ]
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "12 77 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Yellows",
          "orig": "he:Yellows",
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            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light; am I not for all of your songs a violin?",
          "ref": "1967, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], performed by Shuly Nathan, Jerusalem, →OCLC:",
          "roman": "Yerushaláyim shel zaháv v-shel n'ḥóshet v-shel or; haló l-khol shiráyikh ani kinnor.",
          "text": "יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב וְשֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת וְשֶׁל אוֹר; הֲלֹא לְכָל שִׁירַיִךְ אֲנִי כִּנּוֹר",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "gold (a deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold)"
      ],
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          "gold#English:_color"
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        "(uncountable) gold (a deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 30 41",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 30 33",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T2619#יט_יא|19:11]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Ha-neḥemadím miz-zaháv u-mi-paz rav; u-m'tuqím mi-dvash v-nófet tsufím.",
          "text": "הַנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפַּז רָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת צוּפִים׃",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gold (anything or anyone very valuable)"
      ],
      "id": "en-זהב-he-noun-m2~dWGbm"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zaˈhav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zɔˈhɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "זהב"
}
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    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
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      "roman": "lév zaháv",
      "word": "לֵב זָהָב"
    },
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      "roman": "medályat zaháv",
      "word": "מדליית זהב"
    },
    {
      "roman": "medályat zaháv",
      "word": "מֵדַלְיַת זָהָב"
    },
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      "roman": "matsnéakh zaháv",
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        {
          "english": "And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0124#כד_כב|24:22]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Va-yhí ka'ashér killú hag-gmallím lishtót va-yiqqáḥ ha-ish nézem zahav béqaʿ mishqaló u-shnei ts'midím ʿal yadéha ʿasara zahav mishqalám.",
          "text": "וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָם׃",
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        "gold (metal)"
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        {
          "word": "פַּז"
        },
        {
          "word": "סְגוֹר"
        },
        {
          "word": "כֶּתֶם"
        },
        {
          "word": "חָרוּץ"
        },
        {
          "word": "בֶּצֶר"
        },
        {
          "word": "אוֹפִיר"
        }
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        {
          "english": "Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light; am I not for all of your songs a violin?",
          "ref": "1967, Naomi Shemer (lyrics and music), “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], performed by Shuly Nathan, Jerusalem, →OCLC:",
          "roman": "Yerushaláyim shel zaháv v-shel n'ḥóshet v-shel or; haló l-khol shiráyikh ani kinnor.",
          "text": "יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב וְשֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת וְשֶׁל אוֹר; הֲלֹא לְכָל שִׁירַיִךְ אֲנִי כִּנּוֹר",
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        "gold (a deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold)"
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        "(uncountable) gold (a deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold)"
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        "uncountable"
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        {
          "english": "More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T2619#יט_יא|19:11]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Ha-neḥemadím miz-zaháv u-mi-paz rav; u-m'tuqím mi-dvash v-nófet tsufím.",
          "text": "הַנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפַּז רָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת צוּפִים׃",
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        "gold (anything or anyone very valuable)"
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      "ipa": "/zaˈhav/",
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        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "זהב"
}

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