בָּשַׁל
ba.shal
“to boil”
Definition
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
a primitive root;
- to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to boil, cook 1a2) to grow ripe, ripen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to boil 1b2) to cook 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be boiled 1c2) to be sodden 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to ripen 1d2) ripen, brought to ripeness
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Occurrences
בָּשַׁל appears 22 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
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