Hebrew · H1310, H1423, H2461, H517

לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ

Properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen · a young goat (from browsing) · milk (as the richness of kine) · a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

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בָּשַׁל H1310 properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen

Pronunciation bāšal

Process of transformation through heat: cooking ripens raw material into consumable, edible, or mature state.

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גְּדִי H1423 a young goat (from browsing)

Pronunciation gĕdiy

Young goat valued for sacrifice and food; etymology emphasizes the animal's browsing behavior, distinguishing it from other young livestock

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חָלָב H2461 milk (as the richness of kine)

Pronunciation ḥālāb

Milk as symbol of abundance and nourishment; distinctly marks promised land's fertility in covenantal language

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אֵם H517 a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

Pronunciation ʾēm

Mother as the relational bond holding family together; extends figuratively to cities, nations, and source-origins.

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What does לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ (lo tevashel gedi bachalev immo) mean in the Bible?

בָּשַׁל · גְּדִי · חָלָב · אֵם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk — the chapter's most debated prohibition".

Full entry for לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ (H1310, H1423, H2461, H517) · Open the biblical lexicon

Questions this entry answers

What does בָּשַׁל · גְּדִי · חָלָב · אֵם mean in the Bible?

בָּשַׁל · גְּדִי · חָלָב · אֵם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk — the chapter's most debated prohibition".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1310, H1423, H2461, H517?

H1310, H1423, H2461, H517 is connected to 308 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Hebrew phrase. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk — the chapter's most debated prohibition

Strong's H1310, H1423, H2461, H517

Lexical occurrences 308 verses Word forms 4 forms 17 references

Source Gloss

Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk — the chapter's most debated prohibition

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 4 Aligned forms 17

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 10×

Imperfect Deut 14:21 · Exod 23:19 · Exod 34:26 · Ezek 46:20 · Ezek 46:24 · Exod 16:23 6×

Perfect 2Chr 35:13 · Lam 4:10 2×

Sequential imperfect Exod 16:23 · Lev 8:31 2×

Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 4×

Participle passive 1Sam 2:15 · Exod 12:9 2×

Imperfect Lev 6:21 1×

Perfect Lev 6:21 1×

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×

Perfect Ezek 24:5 · Joel 4:13 2×

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×

Perfect Gen 40:10 1×

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