Lexical Definition

‎הֹבֶן‎ hôben (ho'-ben) ebony ^H:N-M
only in plural, from an unused root meaning to be hard

ebony.

• ebony

1) ebony

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הָבְנִי‎] noun [masculine] ebony (so Symm ᵑ9 Ki & moderns; otherwise ᵐ5 ᵑ6; Egyptian heben, Lieblein^{ÄZ 1886, 13} compare Pinsk^{Einleitung 83}; Greek ἔβενος, Latin hebenum) — only plural ‎הָבְנִים‎ Ezek 27:15 Qr (Kt ‎הובנים‎) ‎קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן והבנים‎; it was brought from India, & (finer) from Ethiopia, compare Sm & references

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