לְבֵנָהnoun femininebrick, tile (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
לְּבִינְתָּא
; Zinjirli
לבן (?) DHM
Sendsch.37. 59; Assyrian
libittu; Arabic

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(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)); —
׳לGenesis 11:3;
Ezekiel 4:1; construct
לִבְנַתExodus 24:10; plural
לְבֵנִיםGenesis 11:3 7t.; suffix
מִלִּבְנֵיכֶםExodus 5:19; —
1brick, as building-material, Genesis 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; straw used in making Exodus 5:7, compare Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18; Exodus 5:19; Isaiah 9:9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִיתhewn stone); incense burnt on Isaiah 65:3 (=roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).
2=tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezekiel 4:1.
3=pavement, Exodus 24:10 (compare Di).
Strong's Hebrew: 3843. לְבֵנִים (lebenah) — 11 Occurrences
Genesis 11:3
HEB:הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה לְבֵנִ֔ים וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה
NAS: And they used brick for stone,
KJV: let us make brick, and burn
INT: Come make brick and burn thoroughly
Genesis 11:3
HEB:וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר
KJV: them throughly. And they had brick for stone,
INT: thoroughly used brick stone tar
Exodus 1:14
HEB:קָשָׁ֗ה בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙ וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים וּבְכָל־ עֲבֹדָ֖ה
NAS: in mortar and bricks and at all
KJV: in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service
INT: hard mortar and bricks all labor
Exodus 5:7
HEB:לָעָ֛ם לִלְבֹּ֥ן הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם
KJV: to make brick, as heretofore:
INT: the people to make brick before before that time
Exodus 5:8
HEB:וְאֶת־ מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵם֩
NAS: But the quota of bricks which
KJV: And the tale of the bricks, which they did make
INT: the quota of bricks which they
Exodus 5:16
HEB:נִתָּן֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּלְבֵנִ֛ים אֹמְרִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ
NAS: to us, 'Make bricks!' And behold,
KJV: to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants
INT: given to your servants brick saying Make
Exodus 5:18
HEB:לָכֶ֑ם וְתֹ֥כֶן לְבֵנִ֖ים תִּתֵּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: the quota of bricks.
KJV: the tale of bricks.
INT: will be given the quota of bricks deliver
Exodus 5:19
HEB:לֹא־ תִגְרְע֥וּ מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־ י֥וֹם
NAS: [your] daily amount of bricks.
KJV: Ye shall not minish [ought] from your bricks of your daily
INT: must not reduce of bricks task daily
Isaiah 9:10
HEB: לְבֵנִ֥ים נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית
NAS:The bricks have fallen down,
KJV:The bricks are fallen down,
INT:the bricks have fallen smooth
Isaiah 65:3
HEB:וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים עַל־ הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃
NAS: and burning incense on bricks;
KJV: and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
INT: and burning on bricks
Ezekiel 4:1
HEB:קַח־ לְךָ֣ לְבֵנָ֔ה וְנָתַתָּ֥ה אוֹתָ֖הּ
NAS: get yourself a brick, place
KJV: take thee a tile, and lay
INT: of man get A brick place before