בד

Borrowed from Egyptian

(bḏꜣ, “a piece of linen employed for a splint”).^[1][2]

בַּד • (bad) m (plural indefinite בַּדִּים)

1. fabric, cloth, linen
2. screen (film or television): the fabric it is projected on.

• (fabric) אָרִיג
• (projector screen) אֶקְרָן

בַּד • (bad) m (plural indefinite בַּדִּים)

1. (obsolete) branch, bough, a wooden stick.
   • Tanach, Exodus 25:13, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וְעָשִׂיתָ בַדֵּי עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתָם זָהָב.

     You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

• עָנָף
• עֹפִי
• פֹּארָה / פֻּארָה
• זמורה

בַּד • (bád) (feminine בַּדָּה, masculine plural בַּדִּים, feminine plural בַּדּוֹת)

1. (obsolete, not productive) separate‏, detached‏
   • Tanach, Exodus 30:34, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה קַח לְךָ סַמִּים נָטָף וּשְׁחֵלֶת וְחֶלְבְּנָה סַמִּים וּלְבֹנָה זַכָּה בַּד בְּבַד יִהְיֶה.

     The Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),

• It survives today in terms, such as לְבַד (l'vád, “alone, apart...”) and בַּד בְּבַד (bád b'vád, “simultaneously, at the same time”).

• לְבַד (l'vád, “alone, apart, not together, on one's own; alone, sole, only”)
• בַּד בְּבַד (bád b'vád, “simultaneously, at the same time”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

בַּד • (bad) m (plural indefinite בַּדִּים)

1. (only plural) liars: people who tell lies.

• שַׁקְרָן (shakrán)
• בַּדַּאי

• “בד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• בד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

• דב