לְבֵנָה

lᵉbênâh Strong H3843

Engelsk brick, tile

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 1 Mos 11,3; Ezk 4,1 construct לִבְנַת 2 Mos 24,10 plural לְבֵנִים 1 Mos 11,3 + 7 t.; suffix מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם 2 Mos 5,19 —

1. brick, as building-material, 1 Mos 11,3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) v1 Mos 11,3; 2 Mos 1,14 straw used in making 2 Mos 5,7, compare v2 Mos 5,8 v2 Mos 5,16 v2 Mos 5,18 v2 Mos 5,19; Es 9,9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִית hewn stone); incense burnt on Es 65,3 ( = roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).

2. = tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezk 4,1.

3. = pavement, 2 Mos 24,10 (compare Di).

Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.