What does לְבֵנָה (lĕbēnāh) mean in the Bible?
לְבֵנָה (lĕbēnāh): Brick as constructed material; ancient Near Eastern building technology deeply embedded in Israelite labor and covenant memory
Hebrew · H3843
לְבֵנָה
A brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
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לְבֵנָה H3843
Pronunciation lĕbēnāh
What does לְבֵנָה (lĕbēnāh) mean in the Bible?
לְבֵנָה (lĕbēnāh): Brick as constructed material; ancient Near Eastern building technology deeply embedded in Israelite labor and covenant memory
Full entry for לְבֵנָה (H3843) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3843?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bricks (3), of bricks (3), a brick (1), altars of brick (1), brick (1).
Where does לְבֵנָה (lĕbēnāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 11:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (7), Genesis (2), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bricks 3× Genesis 11:3, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:16
of bricks 3× Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:18, Exodus 5:19
a brick 1× Ezekiel 4:1
altars of brick 1× Isaiah 65:3
brick 1× Genesis 11:3
in brick 1× Exodus 1:14
like a pavement 1× Exodus 24:10
The bricks 1× Isaiah 9:10
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 11:3 לְבֵנִ֔ים to bricks Noun - feminine plural Genesis 11:3 הַלְּבֵנָה֙ to brick Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 1:14 וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים to in brick Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 5:7 הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים to bricks Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 5:8 הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים to of bricks Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 5:16 וּלְבֵנִ֛ים to bricks Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 5:18 לְבֵנִ֖ים to of bricks Noun - feminine plural Exodus 5:19 מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם to of bricks Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Exodus 24:10 לִבְנַ֣ת to like a pavement Noun - feminine singular construct Isaiah 9:10 לְבֵנִ֥ים to The bricks Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 11:3
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 4
Genesis 2 Exodus 7 Isaiah 2 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
הַלְּבֵנָה֙ 1x hal·lə·ḇê·nāh Genesis 11:3
הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים 1x hal·lə·ḇê·nîm Exodus 5:7
הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים 1x hal·lə·ḇê·nîm Exodus 5:8
הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃ 1x hal·lə·ḇê·nîm Isaiah 65:3
וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים 1x ū·ḇil·ḇê·nîm Exodus 1:14
וּלְבֵנִ֛ים 1x ū·lə·ḇê·nîm Exodus 5:16
לְבֵנָ֔ה 1x lə·ḇê·nāh Ezekiel 4:1
לְבֵנִ֔ים 1x lə·ḇê·nîm Genesis 11:3
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine plural 3x Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:8, Isaiah 65:3
Noun - feminine plural 3x Genesis 11:3, Exodus 5:18, Isaiah 9:10
Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Genesis 11:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural 1x Exodus 5:16
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural 1x Exodus 1:14
Noun - feminine singular 1x Ezekiel 4:1
Noun - feminine singular construct 1x Exodus 24:10
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural 1x Exodus 5:19
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Brick as constructed material; ancient Near Eastern building technology deeply embedded in Israelite labor and covenant memory
Source Gloss
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Brick as constructed material; ancient Near Eastern building technology deeply embedded in Israelite labor and covenant memory
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) BDB: brick Usage: (altar of) brick, tile.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Building material used in construction, contrasted with hewn stone
Showing 1 selected witness from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
לְבֵנָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain