בָּדַל

And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:4

• וַיַּבְדֵּ֣לvaiyavdelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he separated

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:6

• מַבְדִּ֔ילmavdilverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: separating

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Genesis 1:7

• וַיַּבְדֵּ֗לvaiyavdelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he separated

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Genesis 1:14

• לְהַבְדִּ֕ילlehavdilpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to separate

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18

• וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔ילulahavdilconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to separate

And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:33

• וְהִבְדִּילָ֤הvehivdilahHc/Vhq3fstagged: and it will separate

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:17

• יַבְדִּיל֒yavdilverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will separate

He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;

Leviticus 5:8

• יַבְדִּֽיל׃yavdilverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will separate

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Leviticus 10:10

• וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔ילulahavdilconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to separate

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

Leviticus 11:47

• לְהַבְדִּ֕ילlehavdilpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to separate

But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

Leviticus 20:24

• הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּיhivdaltiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have separated

You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Leviticus 20:25

• וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞םvehivdaltemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will separate
• הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּיhivdaltiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have separated

You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

Leviticus 20:26

• וָאַבְדִּ֥לvaavdilHc/Vhw1cstagged: and I have separated

In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

Numbers 8:14

• וְהִבְדַּלְתָּ֙vehivdaltaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will separate

Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

Numbers 16:9

• הִבְדִּיל֩hivdilverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has set apart

“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

Numbers 16:21

• הִבָּ֣דְל֔וּhibadeluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: separate yourselves

Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

Deuteronomy 4:41

• יַבְדִּ֤ילyavdilverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he set apart

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

Deuteronomy 10:8

• הִבְדִּ֤ילhivdilverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he set apart

then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Deuteronomy 19:2

• תַּבְדִּ֣ילtavdilverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will set apart

This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

Deuteronomy 19:7

• תַּבְדִּ֥ילtavdilverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will set apart

and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

Deuteronomy 29:21

• וְהִבְדִּיל֤וֹvehivdiloHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will separate him

For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 8:53

• הִבְדַּלְתָּ֤םhivdaltamverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you have separated them

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

1 Chronicles 12:8

• נִבְדְּל֣וּnivdeluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they separated themselves

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

1 Chronicles 23:13

• וַיִּבָּדֵ֣לvaiyibadelHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was separated

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

1 Chronicles 25:1

• וַיַּבְדֵּ֣לvaiyavdelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he separated

So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

2 Chronicles 25:10

• וַיַּבְדִּילֵ֣םvaiyavdilemHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he separated them

The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

Ezra 6:21

• הַנִּבְדָּ֛לhanivdalthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the had separated himself

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,

Ezra 8:24

• וָאַבְדִּ֛ילָהvaavdilahHc/Vhw1cs/Shtagged: and I set apart

After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Ezra 9:1

• נִבְדְּל֞וּnivdeluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have separated themselves

Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

Ezra 10:8

• יִבָּדֵ֖לyibadelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be separated

Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

Ezra 10:11

• וְהִבָּֽדְלוּ֙vehibadeluconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and separate yourselves

So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

Ezra 10:16

• וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩vaiyibadeluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they separated themselves

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Nehemiah 9:2

• וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ֙vaiyibadeluHc/VNw3mptagged: and they separated themselves

“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

Nehemiah 10:28

• הַנִּבְדָּ֞לhanivdalthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the has separated himself

As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

Nehemiah 13:3

• וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּvaiyavdiluHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they separated

Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

Isaiah 56:3

• הַבְדֵּ֧לhavdelverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to separate
• יַבְדִּילַ֛נִיyavdilaniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he will separate me

But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Isaiah 59:2

• מַבְדִּלִ֔יםmavdilimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: separating

Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 22:26

• הִבְדִּ֔ילוּhivdiluverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have made a distinction

And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.

Ezekiel 39:14

• יַבְדִּ֙ילוּ֙yavdiluverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will set apart

So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

Ezekiel 42:20

• לְהַבְדִּ֕ילlehavdilpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make a distinction