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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic بَدَلَ (badala, “to change”)
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הִבְדִּיל • (hivdíl) third-singular masculine past (hif'il construction)
- To separate.
Tanach, Genesis 1:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ׃- vayár' 'elohím 'et-ha'ór ki-tóv vayavdél 'elohím béin ha'ór uvéin hakhóshekh.
- And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
- To distinguish: to recognize or discern a difference, or to make a distinction.
- קשה להבדיל ביניהם. ― 'kashé l'havdíl beinéhem. ― It is hard to tell them apart.
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