H3843

לְבֵנָה

le.ve.nahH:N-F

brick

1) tile, brick 1a) brick 1b) tile 1c) pavement Also spelled: liv.nah (לִבְנָה "brick" H3840)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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).

9 occurrences

Genesis (1), Exodus (7), Ezekiel (1)