Word Study · Strong's H3843 · Hebrew
לְבֵנָה
lebenah
leb-ay-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lᵉbênâh
“a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
Rendered in the KJV as
(altar of) brick, tile.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- הַלְּבֵנָה֙1
- הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים1
- הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים1
- הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃1
- וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים1
- וּלְבֵנִ֛ים1
- לְבֵנָ֔ה1
- לְבֵנִ֔ים1
- לְבֵנִ֖ים1
- לְבֵנִ֥ים1
- לִבְנַ֣ת1
- מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 8
- bricks3
- the bricks3
- a brick1
- and bricks1
- and in bricks1
- from bricks your1
- the brick1
- the pavement of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine plural3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 3
- HTd/Ncmpa · 3
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 11:3לְבֵנִ֔יםlevenimnoun · masculine pluralAnd 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.here: bricks
- Genesis 11:3הַלְּבֵנָה֙halevenahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd 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.here: the brick
Exodus7 occurrences
- Exodus 1:14וּבִלְבֵנִ֔יםuvilvenimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraland 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.here: and in bricks
- Exodus 5:7הַלְּבֵנִ֖יםhalevenimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.here: the bricks
- Exodus 5:8הַלְּבֵנִ֜יםhalevenimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralBut require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’here: the bricks
- Exodus 5:16וּלְבֵנִ֛יםulevenimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralNo 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.”here: and bricks
- Exodus 5:18לְבֵנִ֖יםlevenimnoun · masculine pluralNow get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”here: bricks
- Exodus 5:19מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖םmilivneikhempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThe Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”here: from bricks your
- Exodus 24:10לִבְנַ֣תlivnatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.here: the pavement of
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 9:10לְבֵנִ֥יםlevenimnoun · masculine plural“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”here: bricks
- Isaiah 65:3הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃halevenimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralto a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,here: the bricks