lead

A heavy, malleable, bluish-gray metal. It was Midianite booty (Num 31:22) and used for weights (Zech 5:7) and sinkers on fishing lines. (Ezek 22:18-20) mentions lead with other metals; (Ezek 27:12) indicates the existence of Israelite trade in lead with Tarshish. (Job 19:24) describes engraved tablets whose letters are lead filled for reading clarity and permanence. (Exod 15:10) employs “lead” figuratively: Pharaoh’s armies sink “as lead” into the waters.