Lexical Definition

‎לְבֵנָה‎ lᵉbênâh (leb-ay-naw') brick ^H:N-F
from ‎לָבַן‎

(altar of) brick, tile.

• a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)

1) tile, brick
1a) brick
1b) tile
1c) pavement

Extended Information

• Also spelled: liv.nah (‎ל‎ִ‎ב‎ְ‎נ‎ָ‎ה‎ "brick" לִבְנָה)

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 Gen 11:3; Ezek 4:1 construct ‎לִבְנַת‎ Exod 24:10 plural ‎לְבֵנִים‎ Gen 11:3 + 7 t.; suffix ‎מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם‎ Exod 5:19 —

1. brick, as building-material, Gen 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) vGen 11:3; Exod 1:14 straw used in making Exod 5:7, compare vExod 5:8 vExod 5:16 vExod 5:18 vExod 5:19; Isa 9:9* (figurative; as inferior to ‎גָּזִית‎ hewn stone); incense burnt on Isa 65:3 ( = roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).

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

3. = pavement, Exod 24:10 (compare Di).

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