לְבֵנָה
le.ve.nah
“brick”
Definition
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
from H3835 (לָבַן);
- tile, brick 1a) brick 1b) tile 1c) pavement Also spelled: liv.nah (*לִבְנָה *"brick" H3840)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
לְבֵנָה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
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