Lexical Definition

‎לוּחַ‎ lûwach (loo'-akh) tablet ^H:N-M
or לֻחַ luach (loo'-akh); from a primitive root

board, plate, table.

• probably meaning to glisten
• a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal

1) board, slab, tablet, plank
1a) tablets (of stone)
1b) boards (of wood)
1c) plate (of metal)

See Greek: ἀρχή · πλάξ · πλάτος · σανίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לוּחַ‎ noun masculine tablet, board or plank, plate (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎לוּחָא‎, ; Arabic ; (modern pronunciation lûµ, lôµ, compare e.g. Spiro^{Arab.-Eng. Vocab.} Buhl), Ethiopic , but Assyrian li±û (as if from ‎לחה‎) in Dl^{HWB 366}; see, however, lêjum (lêyum) Jäger^{BAS i, 486}); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute Isa 30:8 construct Prov 3:3 + 4 t.; dual ‎לֻחֹתָ֑יִם‎ Ezek 27:5 plural ‎לוחֹת‎ (‎לֻחוֺת‎, ‎לֻחֹת‎) absolute Exod 32:16 + 17 t.; construct Deut 4:13 + 16 t.; —

1. chiefly of stone tablets on which ten words were written Exod 24:12; Exod 31:18b; Exod 32:16 (twice in verse); Exod 32:19 (all E), Exod 34:1 (3 t. in verse); Exod 34:4 (twice in verse); Exod 34:28 (all J), Deut 4:13; Deut 5:19; Deut 9:9; Deut 9:10; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:17; Deut 10:1; Deut 10:2 (twice in verse); Deut 10:3 (twice in verse); Deut 10:4; Deut 10:5; 1Kgs 8:9; 2Chr 5:10 ‎הָעֵדֻת‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Exod 31:18a; Exod 32:15 compare vExod 34:29 (all P); ‎הַבְּרִית‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Deut 9:9; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:15 tablet for writing prophecy Isa 30:8 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(סֵפֶר‎, Hab 2:2, and figurative, b>‎לוּחַ לָבְּךָ‎ Prov 3:3; Prov 7:3 (for writing wise counsel), compare Jer 17:1 (inscribing sin of Judah); (verb mostly ‎כָּחַב‎ Exod 32:15; ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Exod 34:1; Exod 34:28; Deut 4:13; Deut 5:19; Deut 10:2; Deut 10:4; Prov 3:3; Prov 7:3; Isa 30:8 ‎חָרַשׁ עַל‎ Jer 17:1 ‎כָּרַת‎ followed by accusative Deut 9:9 compare 1Kgs 8:9 = 2Chr 5:10 ‎חָרַת עַל‎ Exod 32:16 ‎בֵּאֵר עַל‎ Hab 2:2).

2. wooden boards, composing altar of tabernacle Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7 planks composing ship (figurative of Tyre) Ezek 27:5 cf, ‎נָצוּר עָלָיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז‎ Song 8:9, of door.

3. (metal) plates on bases of lavers in Solomon's temple 1Kgs 7:36.

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