Lexical Definition

‎בָּשַׁל‎ bâshal (baw-shal') to boil ^H:V
a primitive root

bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).

• properly, to boil up
• hence, to be done in cooking
• figuratively to ripen

1) to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to boil, cook
1a2) to grow ripe, ripen
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to boil
1b2) to cook
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be boiled
1c2) to be sodden
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to ripen
1d2) ripen, brought to ripeness

See Greek: παρίστημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּשַׁל‎ verb boil, seethe (intransitive), grow ripe (Aramaic ‎בְּשַׁל‎, ripen, Nas. boil, NSyriac be boiled, cooked, compare Assyrian bašâlu (bašlu, cooked) Zim^{BP 76}) —

Qal Perfect ‎בָּשַׁל‎ Joel 1Sam 4:13, ‎בָּֽשְׁלוּ‎ Ezek 24:5 — boil, cook (intransitive) Ezek 24:5 grow ripe (of ‎קציר‎) Joel 4:13* —

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎בִּשְּׁלָם‎ 1Kgs 19:21 ‎וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֫‎ Exod 29:31; Deut 16:7, ‎בִּשְּׁלוּ‎ Lam 4:10 + 2 t., ‎וּבִשְּׁלוּ‎ consecutive Zech 14:21 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתְּבַשֵּׁל‎ 2Sam 13:8 2 masculine singular ‎תְּבַשֵּׁל‎ Exod 23:19 + 2 t., ‎יְבַשְּׁלוּ‎ Ezek 46:20; Ezek 46:24, ‎וַיְבַשְּׁלוּ‎ 2Chr 35:13, ‎תְּבַשְּׁלוּ‎ Exod 16:23, ‎וַנְּבַשֵּׁל‎ 2Kgs 6:29 Imperative ‎בַּשֵּׁל‎ 2Kgs 4:38, ‎בַּשְּׁלוּ‎ Lev 8:31, ‎בַּשֵּׁ֑לוּ‎ Exod 16:23 Infinitive ‎בַּשֵּׁל‎ 1Sam 2:13 Participle ‎מְבַשְּׁלִים‎ Ezek 46:24 —

1. boil (transitive) object omitted Num 11:8, ‎בָּשָׂר‎ 1Sam 2:13 ‎גְּדִי‎ Exod 23:19; Exod 34:26; Deut 14:21 ‎נזיד‎ 2Kgs 4:38 of offerings, object ‎הקדשׁים‎ 2Chr 35:13 object ‎אשׁם‎ Ezek 46:20, ‎זבח‎ Ezek 46:24 (no object) vEzek 46:24, compare Zech 14:21 (no object); Exod 16:23 (twice in verse) opposed to ‎אפה‎ bake.

2. cook (general), object ‎בשׂר‎ 1Kgs 19:21; Exod 29:31; Lev 8:31 (both P); object ‎בֵּן‎ 2Kgs 6:29 compare ‎יֶלֶד‎ Lam 4:10 hence also of ‎הפסח‎ Deut 16:7 (compare Di; || Exod 12:8; Exod 12:9 has ‎צְלִי‎ ‎אֵשׁ‎ opposed to ‎מְבֻשָּׁל בַּמַּיִם‎) 2Chr 35:13 (‎בָּאֵשׁ‎), cakes (‎הלבבות‎) 2Sam 13:8. Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎בֻּשָּׁ֑לָה‎ Lev 6:21* Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּכֻשַּׁלֿ‎ Lev 6:21* Participle ‎מְבֻשָּׁל‎ Exod 12:9; 1Sam 2:15 — be boiled, sodden, ‎במים‎ Exod 12:9 compare Lev 6:21* (twice in verse) (all P) 1Sam 2:15. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִבְשִׁילוּ‎ ripened, brought to ripeness Gen 40:10 (a vine, its grape-clusters).

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