Definition: The Hebrew word "alburnum" appears in various biblical contexts, but it can also be used metaphorically or figuratively for various things.
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Metaphor:
In Proverbs 25:6-7 (ESV), it refers to a person who lacks wealth and prosperity due to sinfulness and disobedience.
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Futhark:
It was the name of the group of people who took over the kingdoms of Edom, Moab, and Ammon in the mid-eighteenth century BCE as part of the Babylonian captivity under King Nebuchadnezzar I.
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The Prophets:
In the Old Testament, "alburnum" can also be used figuratively or metaphorically to refer to a person's situation or condition in life.
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Futhark: (60) The people of Edom came over to worship at the temple and the tabernacle. They did not honor the Lord their God nor served him with all their heart, but looked for gods that were strange, false, and abominable. - (71) Then Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylon, came up against these people and took them captive to Babylon. He placed their silver coins in the treasury of the temple of Shiloh, which is now in Jerusalem. - (26:7-8) - It was a person or group who had forsaken God, not because they were sinners but because they did not keep his commandments.
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Futhark: (26:10) But the children of Israel repented and followed after their fathers David, the son of Jesse, and walked in all the ways of the Ammonites. - (45:17) - It is a person or group who has forsaken God and has not kept his commandments.
In summary, "alburnum" is used metaphorically to describe a situation where someone lacks wealth, prosperity, or favor from God, even if they have followed the commands of God.