STRONGS H3843:
Abbreviations
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לְבֵנָה noun feminine brick, tile (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
לְּבִינְתָּא ; Zinjirli
לבן (?) DHM
Sendsch.37. 59; Assyrian
libittu; Arabic
,
,
,
,
(loan-words according to Frä
4f.); according to Thes and most from
whiteness of clay, or light colour of sun-baked bricks; so Nö
ZMG xi,1886,735 Lag
BN 139; > others regard as Assyrian loan-word VOJ
i. 22ff.; in Assyrian a derivative from
labânu,
throw down, prostrate, is sought Dl
Pr. 93f.(compare HWB 369)); —
ל׳ Genesis 11:3;
Ezekiel 4:1; construct
לִבְנַת [
H3840 Exodus 24:10]; plural
לְבֵנִים Genesis 11:3 +
7 times; suffix
מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם Exodus 5:19; —
1. brick, as building-material, Genesis 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; straw used in making Exodus 5:7, compare Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18; Exodus 5:19; Isaiah 9:9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִית hewn stone); incense burnt on Isaiah 65:3 (= roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).
2. = tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezekiel 4:1.
3. = pavement, [H3840 Exodus 24:10] (compare Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
11:3; 11:3; 11:3; 11:3
Exodus
1:14; 5:7; 5:8; 5:16; 5:18; 5:19; 5:19
Isaiah
9:9; 65:3
Ezekiel
4:1; 4:1