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בָּשַׁל bâshal — properly, to boil up

pronounced baw-shal' · Strong's H1310 · 28 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Pi'el, Pu'al, Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod.

a primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen.

bâshal in each stem

Pi'el 21×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Imperative 3Wayyiqtol 3Perfect (qatal) 3Infinitive construct 1Participle (active) 1

תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙ Exod 16:23 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural

And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. (KJV)

תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל Exod 23:19 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. (KJV)

וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥ Exod 29:31 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 2nd person masculine singular

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. (KJV)

Pu'al

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1

מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל Exod 12:9 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. (KJV)

תְּבֻשַּׁל Lev 6:21 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord. (KJV)

מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל 1Sam 2:15 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2

בָּשְׁל֥וּ Ezek 24:5 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. (KJV)

בָשַׁ֖ל Joel 4:13 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ Gen 40:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: (KJV)

What the stems mean

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