Dict: smith - BRASS

smith:

BRASS - B>@ - The word nechosheth is improperly translated by "brass." In most places of the Old Testament the correct translation would be copper, although it may sometimes possibly mean bronze a compound of copper and tin. Indeed a simple metal was obviously intended, as we see from (8:9; 33:25; kjv@Job:28) Copper was known at a very early period. kjv@Genesis:4:22)