lye, potash, soap, alkali (used in washing)
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H1287 — בֹּרִית
bo.rit · lye · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
Jeremiah 2:22 · בֹּרִ֑יתFor though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.Malachi 3:2 · וּכְבֹרִ֖ית“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderer’s soap;