לְבֵנָה
lᵉbênâh · leb-ay-naw'
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3835 (לָבַן);
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (altar of) brick, tile.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לְבֵנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- brick3 · 27%
- and they had brick1 · 9%
- and in brick1 · 9%
- of the bricks1 · 9%
- of bricks1 · 9%
- ought from your bricks1 · 9%
- the bricks1 · 9%
- upon altars of brick1 · 9%
- thee a tile1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.