פָּזַז pâzaz — to refine (gold)

pronounced paw-zaz' · Strong's H6338 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Hoph'al

Translated in the KJV as best.

a primitive root; to refine (gold).

pâzaz in each stem

Hoph'al 1×

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

מוּפָֽז 1Kgs 10:18 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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