עוֹפֶרֶת

עֹפֶרֶת noun masculine^{Jer 6,29} (si vera lectio Qr) lead (√ dubious; probably foreign word; compare ᵑ7 אֲבָרָא lead, Syriac , and (asAramaic loan-word) Arabic [see Dozy], Frä¹⁵²; perhaps also Assyrian abaru, a metal, magnesite according to Hilpr^{Assyriaca i (1894), 80 ff.} Hpt^{ib. 83}); — ׳כִּכַּר ע Zak 5,7 a round weight (disc) of lead, ׳אֶבֶןהָֿעו vZak 5,5 with other metals (see בְּדִיל) : ׳עוֺ Ezk 22,18; Ezk 22,20; Ezk 27,12 הָעֹפָ֑רֶת 4 Mos 31,22 (P); ׳עֹפ also Job 19,24 (with which chiselled letters are filled according to Di and most; Bu reads ׳בְּע in [a tablet of] lead); also (as flux) Jer 6,29 (reading Qr; so Gf Co; emendation Gie); ׳עוֺ in simile 2 Mos 15,10 (song).

עֵפָ֫תָה see עֵיפָה below II. עוף. עֵץ see II.עצה.