Lexical Definition

‎אוֹרָה‎ ʼôwrâh (o-raw') light ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎אוֹר‎

herb, light.

• luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity
• also a plant (as being bright)

1) light
2) light of joy and happiness (fig.)

Extended Information

• herb

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎אוֺרָה‎ noun feminine light (late, Mishna id., compare Aramaic ‎אוּרְתָּא‎ evening-light, moon-light, star-light, etc.)

1. light (opposed to ‎חֲשֵׁיכָה‎) Ps 139:12.

2. light of joy & happiness Esth 8:16 plural intensive ‎אוֺרוֺת‎ light of life Isa 26:19 (light that quickens dead bodies as dew the plants Ew Hi De Che Di RVm; see Br^{MP 303} compare ‎אוֺר חַיִּים‎; but Ki Ges MV Bö RV translate herbs).

II. [‎אוֺרָה‎] noun feminine herb (so Mishna, Ges compare ‎נצץ‎, Arabic = lights & flowers, & Samaritan ‎יאר‎ = ‎דֶּשֶׁא‎ of Gen 1:11; Gen 1:12) only plural ‎אוֺרוֺת‎ herbs 2Kgs 4:39 (compare Isa 26:19 above below I. ‎אוֺרָה‎).

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