silversmith
noun
In Jewish tradition
Isaiah mentions him among the people who make idols. The prophet mocks idols as just things made by human hands.
Interpretation. The tradition uses this to teach that an idol is empty because a human made it and cannot make it live.
Meaning
A craftsman who makes things out of silver. tree →
Examples
- The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains? (Prophets ISA.40.19, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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