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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בָּשַׁלH1310
Pronunciationbāšal
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 Itcook4×Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21, Ezekiel 24:5
and boil2×Exodus 29:31, 2 Kings 4:38
boil2×Exodus 16:23, Leviticus 8:31
. . .1×Ezekiel 46:24
[the sin offering] is boiled1×Leviticus 6:28
and baked1×2 Samuel 13:8
and cook1×Zechariah 14:21
and they boiled1×2 Chronicles 35:13
And you shall roast it1×Deuteronomy 16:7
boiled1×1 Samuel 2:15
have cooked1×Lamentations 4:10
he cooked1×1 Kings 19:21
is ripe1×Joel 3:13
it is boiled1×Leviticus 6:28
or cooked1×Exodus 12:9
ripened1×Genesis 40:10
shall boil1×Ezekiel 46:20
So we boiled1×2 Kings 6:29
then boiled1×Numbers 11:8
They roasted1×2 Chronicles 35:13
was boiling1×1 Samuel 2:13
will cook1×Ezekiel 46:24
you want to boil1×Exodus 16:23
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Genesis 40:10הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּtoripenedVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralExodus 12:9מְבֻשָּׁ֖לtoor cookedVerb - Pual - Participle - masculine singularExodus 16:23תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙toboilVerb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralExodus 16:23בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּtoyou want to boilVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine pluralExodus 23:19תְבַשֵּׁ֥לtocookVerb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularExodus 29:31וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥toand boilConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularExodus 34:26תְבַשֵּׁ֥לtocookVerb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularLeviticus 6:28תְּבֻשַּׁל־to[the sin offering] is boiledVerb - Pual - Imperfect - third person feminine singularLeviticus 6:28בֻּשָּׁ֔לָהtoit is boiledVerb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singularLeviticus 8:31בַּשְּׁל֣וּtoBoilVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 40:10
Aligned rows28
Books represented14
Genesis1Exodus6Leviticus3Numbers1Deuteronomy21 Samuel22 Samuel11 Kings12 Kings22 Chronicles2Lamentations1Ezekiel4Joel1Zechariah1
Source forms
תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל3xṯə·ḇaš·šêlExodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21
יְבַשְּׁלוּ־2xyə·ḇaš·šə·lū-Ezekiel 46:20, Ezekiel 46:24
מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל2xmə·ḇuš·šālExodus 12:9, 1 Samuel 2:15
בָשַׁ֖ל1xḇā·šalJoel 3:13
בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה1xbuš·šā·lāhLeviticus 6:28
בִּשְּׁל֗וּ1xbiš·šə·lū2 Chronicles 35:13
בִּשְּׁל֖וּ1xbiš·šə·lūLamentations 4:10
בַּשְּׁל֣וּ1xbaš·šə·lūLeviticus 8:31
Parsing patterns
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular3xExodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular2xExodus 29:31, Deuteronomy 16:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural2xNumbers 11:8, Zechariah 14:21
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural2xExodus 16:23, Leviticus 8:31
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural2xEzekiel 46:20, Ezekiel 46:24
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural2x2 Chronicles 35:13, Lamentations 4:10
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular2xExodus 12:9, 1 Samuel 2:15
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural1xEzekiel 46:24
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Process of transformation through heat: cooking ripens raw material into consumable, edible, or mature state.
Strong'sH1310
Lexical occurrences28 versesWord forms4 forms17 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLeviticus 8:31-36Source Gloss
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
Extended definitionSource: 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 groups4Aligned forms17
Pielintensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action10×
ImperfectDeut 14:21 · Exod 23:19 · Exod 34:26 · Ezek 46:20 · Ezek 46:24 · Exod 16:236×
Perfect2Chr 35:13 · Lam 4:102×
Sequential imperfectExod 16:23 · Lev 8:312×
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject4×
Participle passive1Sam 2:15 · Exod 12:92×
ImperfectLev 6:211×
PerfectLev 6:211×
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense2×
PerfectEzek 24:5 · Joel 4:132×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action1×
PerfectGen 40:101×
Selected Scripture Witness
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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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