בָּשַׁלbâshal
boil, seethe
Pronunciation: baw-shal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1310
Meanings
Qal: boil, cook, grow ripe (1 Samuel 4:13; Ezekiel 24:5; Joel 4:13)
Pi`el
1. boil, (transitive) (Numbers 11:8; 1 Samuel 2:13; Exodus 23:19)
2. cook, (general) (1 Kings 19:21; Exodus 29:31; Leviticus 8:31)
Pu`al: be boiled, sodden (Leviticus 6:21; Exodus 12:9; 1 Samuel 2:15)
Hiph`il: ripened, brought to ripeness (Genesis 40:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 40:10 The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.
- Exodus 12:9 Do not eat any of the meat raw or boiled in water. The whole animal—including the head, legs, and internal organs—must be roasted over a fire.
- Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”
- Exodus 23:19 “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 29:31 “Take the ram used in the ordination ceremony, and boil its meat in a sacred place.
- Exodus 34:26 “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).