Lexical Definition

‎תַּבְנִית‎ tabnîyth (tab-neeth') pattern ^H:N-F
from ‎בָּנָה‎

figure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.

• structure
• by implication, a model, resemblance

1) pattern, plan, form, construction, figure
1a) construction, structure
1a1) meaning dubious
1b) pattern
1c) figure, image (of idols)

See Greek: μορφή · ὁμοίωμα · ὁμοίωσις · τύπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תַּבְנִית‎ noun feminine construction, pattern, figure ‎֯‎‎׳‎‎תּ‎ absolute 1Chr 28:19 construct Exod 25:9 (twice in verse) + 14 t. + Ezek 8:10 (strike out Co); ‎תַּבְנִיתוֺ‎ 2Kgs 16:10, ‎תַבְנִיתָם‎ Exod 25:40 —

1. apparently originally construction, structure, yet only P & late: ‎׳‎‎תַּבְנִית מִזְבַּה י‎ Josh 22:28 compare Ps 144:12 in simile ‎הֵיכָל‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּנוֺתֵינוּ כְזָוִיּוֺת מְחֻטָּבִים תּ‎ carved according to the construction of a palace, palace-fashion.

2. pattern, according to which anything is to be constructed (P & late), of tabernacle Exod 25:9, utensils of tabernacle vExod 25:9 vExod 25:40 an altar 2Kgs 16:10 ‎תַּבְנִיתוֺ לְכָלֿ‎ ‎מַעֲשֵׂהוּ‎ (distinguished from ‎דְּמוּת‎); temple 1Chr 28:11 compare v1Chr 28:12 chariot, i.e. cherubim 1Chr 28:18 ‎׳‎‎מַלְאֲכוֺת הַתּ‎ 1Chr 28:19 i.e. objects of which the patters is given.

3. figure, image, Hexateuch only D, of idols in form of animals Deut 4:16; Deut 4:17 (twice in verse); Deut 4:18 (twice in verse); elsewhere late Isa 44:13; Ezek 8:10 (strike out B Co) Ps 106:20 compare ‎יָד‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Ezek 8:3; Ezek 10:8 i.e. something like a hand.

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