Lexical Definition

‎בָּדַל‎ bâdal (baw-dal') to separate ^H:V
a primitive root

(make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), [idiom] utterly.

• to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)

1) to divide, separate
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to divide, separate, sever
1a2) to separate, set apart
1a3) to make a distinction, difference
1a4) to divide into parts
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to separate oneself from (reflexive of 1a2)
1b2) to withdraw from
1b3) to separate oneself unto
1b4) to be separated
1b5) to be excluded
1b6) to be set apart

See Greek: ἀφορίζω · διαιρέω · διαστέλλομαι · διαχωρίζομαι · ἵστημι · χωρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּדַל‎] verb be divided, separate (Arabic change, substitute, Mishna ‎בָּדַל‎ divide, Syriac Ithpe`el, Ethpe`el) —

Hiph`il divide, separate; Perfect ‎הִבְדִּיל‎ Num 16:9; Deut 10:8 suffix ‎וְהִבְדִּילוֺ‎ consecutive Deut 29:20* 3 feminine singular ‎וְהִבְדִּילָה‎ Exod 26:33 ‎וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ‎ Num 8:14 ‎הִבְדִּילוּ‎ Ezek 22:26, etc. Imperfect ‎יַבְדִּיל‎ Lev 1:17 +; ‎וַיַּבְדֵּל‎ Gen 1:4; Gen 1:7; 1Chr 25:1 suffix ‎יַבְדִּילַנִי‎ Isa 56:3 ‎וָאַבְדִּל‎ Lev 20:26 ‎וָאַבְדִּילָה‎ Ezra 8:24, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎הַבְדֵּל‎ Isa 56:3 construct ‎לְהַבְדִּיל‎ Gen 1:14 +; Participle ‎מַבְדִּיל‎ Gen 1:6 ‎מַבְדִּילִים‎ Isa 59:2 —

1. divide, separate, subject God Gen 1:4 followed by ‎וּבֵין‎....‎בֵּין‎ between light and darkness, compare vGen 1:7 subject heavenly bodies vGen 1:14 vGen 1:18 subject firmament followed by ‎בֵּיןלְ֗֗֗‎ Gen 1:6 (all in P's source); Exod 26:33 of the ‎פָּרֹכֶת‎ in tabernacle, followed by ‎בֵּיןוּ֗֗֗בֵין֗֗֗ ‎ ‎לָכֶם‎; of iniquities, separating men from God ‎בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין‎ Isa 59:2.

2. separate, set apart, followed by ‎מִן‎, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, setting off Israel from other peoples Lev 20:24 (H) Num 16:9 (P); Lev 20:26 followed by also ‎לִהְיוֺת לִי‎; compare 1Kgs 8:53 ‎לְךָ לְנַחֲלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎הִבְדּ‎ separate them to thyself as an inheritance; of Moses, setting apart Levites, followed by ‎מִתּוֺח‎ Num 8:14 of separating an individual from the people, i.e. excluding him Deut 29:20*, followed by also ‎לְרָעָה‎; followed by ‎מֵעַל‎ Isa 56:3 (twice in verse), i.e. excluding him; compare also Neh 13:3 followed by ‎מִן‎; of setting apart (forbidding) beasts as unclean ‎לָכֶם לְטַמֵּא‎ Lev 20:25 of setting apart the tribe of Levi ‎׳‎‎לָשֵׂאת וגו‎ Deut 10:8 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); compare also (hum. subject) 1Chr 25:1, followed by ‎לַעֲבֹדָה‎, 2Chr 25:10 followed by Infinitive; similarly Ezra 8:24 even followed by participle Ezek 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 Deut 4:41 compare Deut 19:2; Deut 19:7.

3. make a distinction between clean and unclean, holy and profane, followed by ‎בֵּיןוּ֗֗֗בֵין‎ Lev 20:25 (H); Lev 10:10; Lev 11:47 (both P); followed by ‎בֵּיןלְ֗֗֗‎ Ezek 22:26; Ezek 42:20.

4. divide into parts Lev 1:17; Lev 5:8 (P), prohibited in case of fowls offered in sacrifice. Niph`al Perfect ‎נִבְדְּלוּ‎ 1Chr 12:8*; Ezra 9:1 Imperfect ‎יִבָּדֵל‎ Ezra 10:8 ‎וַיִּבָּדֵל‎ 1Chr 23:13 ‎וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ‎ Ezra 10:16; Neh 9:2 Imperative ‎הִבָּֽדְלוּ‎ Num 16:21; Ezra 10:11 Participle ‎נִבְדָּל‎ Ezra 6:21; Neh 10:29*.

1. (reflexive of Hiph`il 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; Neh 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) Num 16:21 (P), followed by ‎מִתּוֺח‎.
c. separate oneself unto (‎אֶל‎) David 1Chr 12:8*.
d. Neh 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 1Chr 23:13. — On ‎הבדיל‎, & distinction from ‎הפריד‎ see Dr^{JPhoenician xi. 219}.

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