[
בָּדַל]
verb be divided, separate (Arabic
change, substitute, Mishna
בָּדַל divide, Syriac
Ithp. Ethp.) —
Hiph. divide, separate; Perfect הִבְדִּיל Numbers 16:9;
Deuteronomy 10:8; suffix
וְהִבְדִּילוֺ consecutive
Deuteronomy 29:20;
3rd person feminine singular וְהִבְדִּילָה Exodus 26:33;
וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ Numbers 8:14;
הִבְדִּילוּ Ezekiel 22:26, etc.
Imperfect יַבְדִּיל Leviticus 1:17 +;
וַיַּבְדֵּל Genesis 1:4,
7;
1 Chronicles 25:1; suffix
יַבְדִּילַנִי Isaiah 56:3;
וָאַבְדִּל Leviticus 20:26;
וָאַבְדִּילָה Ezra 8:24, etc.;
Infinitive absolute הַבְדֵּל Isaiah 56:3;
construct לְהַבְדִּיל Genesis 1:14 +;
Participle מַבְדִּיל Genesis 1:6;
מַבְדִּילִים Isaiah 59:2; —
2. separate, set apart, followed by
מִן, of
י׳, setting off Israel from other peoples
Leviticus 20:24 (H)
Numbers 16:9 (P);
Leviticus 20:26 followed by also
לִהְיוֺת לִי; compare
1 Kings 8:53 לְךָ לְנַחֲלָה הִבְדּ׳ separate them to thyself as an inheritance; of Moses, setting apart Levites, followed by
מִתּוֺח Numbers 8:14; of separating an individual from the people, i.e. excluding him
Deuteronomy 29:20, followed by also
לְרָעָה; followed by
מֵעַל Isaiah 56:3 (twice in verse), i.e. excluding him; compare also
Nehemiah 13:3 followed by
מִן; of setting apart (forbidding) beasts as unclean
לָכֶם לְטַמֵּא Leviticus 20:25; of setting apart the tribe of Levi
לָשֵׂאת וגו׳ Deuteronomy 10:8 (subject
י׳); compare also (hum. subject)
1 Chronicles 25:1, followed by
לַעֲבֹדָה,
2 Chronicles 25:10 followed by Infinitive; similarly
Ezra 8:24; even followed by participle
Ezekiel 39:14 they shall set apart men
עֹבְרִים, i.e.
to pass through, or,
men that shall pass through (RV); so of setting apart cities, accusative
Deuteronomy 4:41; compare
Deuteronomy 19:2,
7.
Niph. Perfect נִבְדְּלוּ 1 Chronicles 12:8;
Ezra 9:1;
Imperfect יִבָּדֵל Ezra 10:8;
וַיִּבָּדֵל 1 Chronicles 23:13;
וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ Ezra 10:16;
Nehemiah 9:2;
Imperative הִבָּֽדְלוּ Numbers 16:21;
Ezra 10:11;
Participle נִבְדָּל Ezra 6:21;
Nehemiah 10:29.
1. (reflexive of Hiph. 2).
a. separate oneself from people of the land, heathen, and their practices, also from non-Jewish wives, followed by
מִן Ezra 6:21;
Ezra 9:1;
Ezra 10:11;
Nehemiah 9:2; absolute in same sense
Ezra 10:16 (compare Sta
G. ii. 199 & 179 n. Wl
Pharisäer u. Sadd. 76).
b. withdraw from (Moses & Aaron from Israel)
Numbers 16:21 (P), followed by
מִתּוֺח.
d. Nehemiah 10:29 combines
a. &
c. separate oneself מֵעַמֵּי הָֽאֲרָצוֺת אֶלתּֿוֺרַת הָאֱלֹהִים.
2. passive, be separated.
a. be excluded from the people, followed by
מִן Ezra 10:8.
b. be set apart, of Aaron, followed by
לְהַקְדִּישׁוֺ 1 Chronicles 23:13. — On
הבדיל, & distinction from
הפריד see Dr
JPhoenician xi. 219.
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