What does לֻלָאָה (lûlāʾāh) mean in the Bible?
לֻלָאָה (lûlāʾāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "a loop".
Hebrew · H3924
לֻלָאָה
A loop
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לֻלָאָה H3924
Pronunciation lûlāʾāh
What does לֻלָאָה (lûlāʾāh) mean in the Bible?
לֻלָאָה (lûlāʾāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "a loop".
Full entry for לֻלָאָה (H3924) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3924?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include loops (10), so that the loops (2), through the loops (1).
Where does לֻלָאָה (lûlāʾāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 26:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (13).
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 loops 10× Exodus 26:4, Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:10, Exodus 36:11
so that the loops 2× Exodus 26:5, Exodus 36:12
through the loops 1× Exodus 26:11
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 26:4 לֻֽלְאֹ֣ת to loops Noun - feminine plural construct Exodus 26:5 לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת to loops Noun - feminine plural Exodus 26:5 לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת to loops Noun - feminine plural Exodus 26:5 הַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת to so that the loops Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 26:10 לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת to loops Noun - feminine plural Exodus 26:10 לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת to loops Noun - feminine plural Exodus 26:11 בַּלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת to through the loops Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 36:11 לֻֽלְאֹ֣ת to loops Noun - feminine plural construct Exodus 36:12 לֻלָאֹ֗ת to loops Noun - feminine plural Exodus 36:12 לֻלָאֹ֗ת to loops Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 26:4
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 1
Exodus 13
Source forms
לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת 4x lu·lā·’ōṯ Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:10
לֻלָאֹ֗ת 3x lu·lā·’ōṯ Exodus 36:12, Exodus 36:17
הַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת 2x hal·lu·lā·’ōṯ Exodus 26:5, Exodus 36:12
לֻֽלְאֹ֣ת 2x lul·’ōṯ Exodus 26:4, Exodus 36:11
בַּלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת 1x bal·lu·lā·’ōṯ Exodus 26:11
לֻֽלָאֹ֣ת 1x lu·lā·’ōṯ Exodus 36:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural 8x Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:10, Exodus 36:12, Exodus 36:17
Article | Noun - feminine plural 2x Exodus 26:5, Exodus 36:12
Noun - feminine plural construct 2x Exodus 26:4, Exodus 36:11
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Exodus 26:11
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a loop
Source Gloss
a loop
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a loop BDB: loop Usage: loop.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לֻלָאָה is built from this root:
לוּל H3883
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