נחושת

Compare Arabic نُحَاس (nuḥās, “copper”)

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nəˈħoːʃæt/, [nə̆ˈħoːʃæθ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nəˈħoʃɛt/, [noˈħoːʃɛθ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /neˈχoʃet/

נחושת / נְחֹשֶׁת • (n'khóshet) f (singular construct נחושת / נְחֹשֶׁת־) [pattern: קְטוֹלָה]

1. (uncountable, chemistry) copper (a reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element)

   (poetic, Biblical Hebrew): Bronze or brass (or other alloys of copper)

   • Tanach, 1 Samuel 17:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּמִצְחַת נְחֹשֶׁת עַל־רַגְלָיו וְכִידוֹן נְחֹשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו׃

     Umitskhát n'khóshet al-ragláv v'khidón n'khóshet ben ktefáv.

     And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

   • 1967, Naomi Shemer, “ירושלים של זהב [Jerusalem of Gold]”, in שירי נעמי שמר [Songs of Naomi Shemer], performed by Shuly Nathan, Jerusalem, →OCLC:

     יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב וְשֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת וְשֶׁל אוֹר; הֲלֹא לְכָל שִׁירַיִךְ אֲנִי כִּנּוֹר

     Y'rushaláyim shel zaháv v'shél n'khóshet v'shél or; haló l'khól shiráyikh aní kinór.

     Jerusalem of gold and of bronze and of light; am I not for all of your songs a violin?

2. Copper: the reddish color associated with this metal.

• “נחושת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H5178 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• נחושת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he