לְבָנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3842

moon — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

moon tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לְבָנָה: n.f. moon tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. moon, poet. (NH id.);—ל׳ Is 24:23 + 2 times; shall pale before י׳ Is 24:23 (‖ חַמָּה); shall become like sun (חַמָּה) in day of י׳’s redemption 30:26 (אוֹר הַלְּ׳); sim. of woman’s beauty, יָפָה כַלְּ׳ Ct 6:10 (‖ חַמָּה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: moon (2); the moon (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 6:10 · tree →

מִי־זֹ֥את הַנִּשְׁקָפָ֖ה כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַר יָפָ֣ה כַלְּבָנָ֗ה בָּרָה֙ כַּֽחַמָּ֔ה אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃ס

Word for word: who? this [is].the [one.who].looks.down like [the].dawn beautiful like the moon pure like the sun majestic like.(the).[hosts] with banners

JPS 1917: Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?

Isaiah 24:23 · tree →

וְחָֽפְרָה֙ הַלְּבָנָ֔ה וּבוֹשָׁ֖ה הַֽחַמָּ֑ה כִּֽי־מָלַ֞ךְ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת בְּהַ֤ר צִיּוֹן֙ וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְנֶ֥גֶד זְקֵנָ֖יו כָּבֽוֹד׃פ

Word for word: and it.will.be.abashed the moon and it.will.be.ashamed the sun (dm) he.will.reign Yahweh of.hosts on the.mountain of.Zion and in Jerusalem and before his elders glory

JPS 1917: Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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