What does בָּשַׁל (bāšal) mean in the Bible?
בָּשַׁל (bāšal): Process of transformation through heat: cooking ripens raw material into consumable, edible, or mature state.
Hebrew · H1310
בָּשַׁל
Properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
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בָּשַׁל H1310
Pronunciation bāšal
What does בָּשַׁל (bāšal) mean in the Bible?
בָּשַׁל (bāšal): Process of transformation through heat: cooking ripens raw material into consumable, edible, or mature state.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1310?
The BSB source-word alignment has 28 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include cook (4), and boil (2), boil (2), . . . (1), [the sin offering] is boiled (1).
Where does בָּשַׁל (bāšal) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 40:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (6), Ezekiel (4), Leviticus (3), 1 Samuel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It cook 4× Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21, Ezekiel 24:5
and boil 2× Exodus 29:31, 2 Kings 4:38
boil 2× Exodus 16:23, Leviticus 8:31
. . . 1× Ezekiel 46:24
[the sin offering] is boiled 1× Leviticus 6:28
and baked 1× 2 Samuel 13:8
and cook 1× Zechariah 14:21
and they boiled 1× 2 Chronicles 35:13
And you shall roast it 1× Deuteronomy 16:7
boiled 1× 1 Samuel 2:15
have cooked 1× Lamentations 4:10
he cooked 1× 1 Kings 19:21
is ripe 1× Joel 3:13
it is boiled 1× Leviticus 6:28
or cooked 1× Exodus 12:9
ripened 1× Genesis 40:10
shall boil 1× Ezekiel 46:20
So we boiled 1× 2 Kings 6:29
then boiled 1× Numbers 11:8
They roasted 1× 2 Chronicles 35:13
was boiling 1× 1 Samuel 2:13
will cook 1× Ezekiel 46:24
you want to boil 1× Exodus 16:23
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 40:10 הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ to ripened Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Exodus 12:9 מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל to or cooked Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Exodus 16:23 תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙ to boil Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Exodus 16:23 בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ to you want to boil Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural Exodus 23:19 תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל to cook Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 29:31 וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥ to and boil Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 34:26 תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל to cook Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 6:28 תְּבֻשַּׁל־ to [the sin offering] is boiled Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Leviticus 6:28 בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה to it is boiled Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular Leviticus 8:31 בַּשְּׁל֣וּ to Boil Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 40:10
Aligned rows 28
Books represented 14
Genesis 1 Exodus 6 Leviticus 3 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 2 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 2 2 Chronicles 2 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 4 Joel 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל 3x ṯə·ḇaš·šêl Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21
יְבַשְּׁלוּ־ 2x yə·ḇaš·šə·lū- Ezekiel 46:20, Ezekiel 46:24
מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל 2x mə·ḇuš·šāl Exodus 12:9, 1 Samuel 2:15
בָשַׁ֖ל 1x ḇā·šal Joel 3:13
בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה 1x buš·šā·lāh Leviticus 6:28
בִּשְּׁל֗וּ 1x biš·šə·lū 2 Chronicles 35:13
בִּשְּׁל֖וּ 1x biš·šə·lū Lamentations 4:10
בַּשְּׁל֣וּ 1x baš·šə·lū Leviticus 8:31
Parsing patterns
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 3x Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular 2x Exodus 29:31, Deuteronomy 16:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 2x Numbers 11:8, Zechariah 14:21
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural 2x Exodus 16:23, Leviticus 8:31
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 2x Ezekiel 46:20, Ezekiel 46:24
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural 2x 2 Chronicles 35:13, Lamentations 4:10
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular 2x Exodus 12:9, 1 Samuel 2:15
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural 1x Ezekiel 46:24
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Process of transformation through heat: cooking ripens raw material into consumable, edible, or mature state.
Strong's H1310
Lexical occurrences 28 verses Word forms 4 forms 17 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Leviticus 8:31-36 Source Gloss
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Process of transformation through heat: cooking ripens raw material into consumable, edible, or mature state.
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen BDB: boil Usage: bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).
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×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
cooking meat by boiling as part of priestly consecration ritual
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Word Origins
בָּשַׁל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain