BDB4362
לוּחַ noun masculine tablet, board or plank, plate (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic לוּחָא , [untranscribed source text 2783]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2784]; (modern pronunciation lûµ, lôµ , compare e.g. SpiroArab.-Eng. Vocab. Buhl), Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2785], but Assyrian li±û (as if from לחה) in DlHWB 366 ; see, however, lêjum (lêyum) JägerBAS i, 486); — ׳ ל absolute Isa 30:8 construct Prov 3:3 + 4 t.; dual לֻחֹתָ֑יִם Ezek 27:5 plural לוחֹת (לֻחוֺת, לֻחֹת) absolute Exod 32:16 + 17 t.; construct Deut 4:13 + 16 t.; —
1. chiefly of stone tablets on which ten words were written Exod 24:12; Exod 31:18b; Exod 32:16 (twice in verse); Exod 32:19 (all
E
), Exod 34:1
(3 t. in verse);
Exod 34:4 (twice in verse); Exod 34:28 (all
J
), Deut 4:13
; Deut 5:19;
Deut 9:9; Deut 9:10; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:17; Deut 10:1; Deut 10:2 (twice in
verse); Deut 10:3
(twice in verse); Deut
10:4; Deut 10:5
; 1Kgs 8:9;
2Chr 5:10
הָעֵדֻת
׳
ל
Exod 31:18a;
Exod 32:15
compare Exod 34:29
(all
P
); הַבְּרִית
׳
ל
Deut 9:9; Deut 9:11; Deut 9:15 tablet for
writing prophecy Isa
30:8
ׅ || (סֵפֶר, Hab 2:2, and figurative, b>לוּחַ לָבְּךָ
Prov 3:3; Prov 7:3 (for writing
wise counsel), compare
Jer 17:1 (inscribing sin of Judah); (verb mostly כָּחַב
Exod 32:15;
עַל
׳
כ
Exod 34:1; Exod 34:28; Deut 4:13; Deut 5:19; Deut 10:2; Deut 10:4; Prov 3:3; Prov 7:3; Isa 30:8
חָרַשׁ עַל
Jer 17:1
כָּרַת followed by accusative Deut 9:9 compare 1Kgs 8:9 = 2Chr 5:10
חָרַת עַל
Exod 32:16
בֵּאֵר עַל
Hab 2:2).
2. wooden boards, composing altar of tabernacle Exod 27:8; Exod 38:7
planks composing ship (figurative of Tyre) Ezek 27:5 cf, נָצוּר עָלָיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז
Song 8:9, of door.
3. (metal) plates on bases of lavers in Solomon's temple 1Kgs 7:36.