Lexical Definition

‎תֶּבֶן‎ teben (teh'-ben) straw ^H:N-M
probably from ‎בָּנָה‎

chaff, straw, stubble.

• properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)

1) straw, stubble
1a) as building material
1b) as fodder for livestock

See Greek: ἄχυρον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֶּ֫בֶן‎ noun masculine^{Exod 5:16} straw (√ unknown; Ges and others compare ‎בנה‎ (compare Thes¹⁴⁹²), but see Lag^{BN 138}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian tibnu; Aramaic ‎תִּיבְנָא‎, , whence Arabic as loan-word Frä¹²⁴); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 24:25 +, ‎תֶּ֑בֶן‎ Exod 5:10 +; — straw, i.e. straw threshed fine: chaff Jer 23:28 (opposed to ‎בָּר‎), blown by wind Job 21:28 (in simile; || ‎מֹץ‎), yielding Job 41:19* (simile); food for camels Gen 24:25; Gen 24:32 (J), asses Judg 19:19 (all + ‎מִסְפּוֺא‎), ‎בָּקָר‎ Isa 11:7; Isa 65:25, horses 1Kgs 5:8* (+ ‎שְׂעֹרִים‎); mixed with clay in brick-making Exod 5:7 (twice in verse); Exod 5:10; Exod 5:11; Exod 5:12 (opposed to ‎קַשׂ‎), vExod 5:13 vExod 5:16 vExod 5:18 (J); — see further Vogelst^{Landwirthsch. 67}.

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