מַלְבֵּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4404

brick-mould — 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

brick-mould tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַלְבֵּן: brick-mould quadrangle tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] 1. brick-mould; 2. quadrangle (on meaning brick-mould, and fig. something rectangular, v. HoffmZAW 1882, 53–72 Dr 2 S 12:31, cf. NH מַלְבֵּן; Arabic مِلْبَنٌ; Syriac ܡܰܠܒܢܳܐ;)— brick-mould, 2 S 12:31 Qr (Kt, by error, מלכן), Na 3:14. quadrangle, Je 43:9 (at Tahpanhes).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a brick-mold (1); brick-mold[s] (1); brick-terrace (1).

In the verses

Nahum 3:14 · tree →

מֵ֤י מָצוֹר֙ שַֽׁאֲבִי־לָ֔ךְ חַזְּקִ֖י מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ בֹּ֧אִי בַטִּ֛יט וְרִמְסִ֥י בַחֹ֖מֶר הַחֲזִ֥יקִי מַלְבֵּֽן׃

Word for word: water of.siege draw for yourself strengthen fortifications your go in the clay and trample on the mortar take.hold.of a.brick-mold

JPS 1917: Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, lay hold of the brickmould.

Jeremiah 43:9 · tree →

קַ֣ח בְּיָדְךָ֞ אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹל֗וֹת וּטְמַנְתָּ֤ם בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙ בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּפֶ֥תַח בֵּית־פַּרְעֹ֖ה בְּתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס לְעֵינֵ֖י אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יְהוּדִֽים׃

Word for word: take in hand your stones large and you will.hide.them in the mortar in the brick-terrace which [is].at the.entrance of.the.house of.Pharaoh in Tahpanhes to.[the] eyes of.[the].people Judeans

JPS 1917: 'Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מלבן/