What does אוֹר · פָּנִים mean in the Bible?
אוֹר · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "cause your face to shine".
Hebrew · H215, H6440
הָאִירָה פָנֶיךָ
To be (causative, make ) luminous (literally and metaphorically) · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
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אוֹרH215to be (causative, make ) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Pronunciationha'irah
Light as revelation: illuminating darkness both physically and morally, revealing truth and divine guidance.
Open lexicon entry →פָּנִיםH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
What does הָאִירָה פָנֶיךָ (ha'irah panekha) mean in the Bible?
אוֹר · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "cause your face to shine".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H215, H6440?
H215, H6440 is connected to 2,170 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. cause your face to shine
Source Gloss
cause your face to shine
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms23
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action19×
ImperfectEzek 32:7 · Isa 60:19 · Job 41:24 · Ps 119:130 · Ps 139:12 · Eccl 8:1 · Mal 1:10 · Num 8:2 · Ps 18:299×
Participle activeIsa 27:11 · Prov 29:13 · Ps 19:93×
PerfectPs 77:19 · Ps 97:4 · Ezek 43:23×
JussiveNum 6:25 · Ps 67:22×
Sequential imperfectPs 80:20 · Ps 119:1352×
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense3×
Perfect1Sam 14:29 · Gen 44:32×
Sequential imperfectIsa 60:11×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action1×
Participle activePs 76:51×
Word Origins
הָאִירָה פָנֶיךָ is a primitive root - no further derivation.