- brass:
- Nechosheth, rather, copper; as brass is a factitious metal, composed of copper, and the oxide or ore of zinc, called lapis calaminaris. "A landª whereinª thou shalt eatª° breadª withoutª scarceness,ª thou shalt not¹ lackª° any¹ [thing] in it; a landª whose¹ stonesª [are] iron,ª and out of whose hillsª¹ thou mayest digª° brass.ª" {Deu 8:9} + "Ironª is takenª° out of the earth,ª¹ and brassª [is] moltenª° [out of] the stone.ª" {Job 28:2}
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