BDB58
אֶ֫בֶן274
noun feminine
Gen 29:2
(masculine
1Sam 17:40
?) stone (Assyrian
abnu
, = the sharp, projecting ? see DlW, Pr 107;
Phoenician אבן; Aramaic אֶבֶן,
[untranscribed source text 24]; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 25] Sabean [ ם]אבנ
DHMZMG 1883, 341) — ׳
א absolute Gen 28:22 +; אָ֑בֶן
Gen 11:3 +;
construct Gen 49:24
+; suffix אַבְנוֺ
2Kgs 3:25
אֲבָנִים
Gen 31:46 +,
etc.; — a stone (large or small).
1. in natural state, used as pillow Gen 28:11; Gen 28:18 (
E
); seat Exod
17:12 (
E
); cover of well
Gen 29:2; Gen
29:3 (twice in verse); Gen 29:8; Gen 29:10 (
J
); causing one to stumble Isa 8:14 marring good ground 2Kgs 3:19; 2Kgs 3:25 hand-missle Exod 21:18 (
J
E
) Num 35:17
; Num 35:23
(
P
) 2Sam 16:6
; 2Sam 16:13
, especially in judicial stoning, with verb רָגַם
Lev 20:2; Lev 20:27; Lev 24:23; Num 14:10; Num 15:35; Num 15:36; Josh 7:25 a (all
P
), so also
Deut 21:21; 2Chr 24:21; Ezek 16:40; Ezek 23:47 compare 1Kgs 12:18 = 2Chr 10:18 with verb סָקַל
Deut 13:11;
Deut 17:5; Deut 22:21; Deut 22:24; Deut 1:13 also Josh 7:25b (
J
E
or
D
); sling-stones Judg 20:16; 1Sam 17:40; 1Sam 17:49 (twice in verse); 1Sam 17:50; 2Chr 26:14 hurled by engines 2Chr 26:15 set up for
inscribing law Deut 27:2
; Deut 27:4;
Deut 27:8; Josh 8:32 (all
D
); as memorial Josh
4:3; Josh 4:5
; Josh 4:6; Josh 4:7; Josh 4:8; Josh 4:9; Josh 4:20; Josh 4:21 (
J
E
D
) 1Sam 7:12
as sacred pillar (מַצֵּבָה) Gen 28:18; Gen 35:14 (anointed with oil), Gen 28:22 (= בֵּיתאֵל) compare
׳
(רֹעֶה) א
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Gen 49:24 (see
Di); as witness Gen 31:45 compare Josh 24:26; Josh 24:27 (all
J
E
); plural gathered into heap (גַּל) over dead, Josh 7:26 (see Di
) Josh 8:29
compare Josh
10:18; Josh
10:27 (
J
E
) 2Sam
18:17
גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact Gen 31:46 (twice in verse) (
J
E
); built into altar Exod 20:25; Deut 27:5; Deut 27:6 (
J
E
D
) Josh 8:31
; 1Kgs 18:31
; 1Kgs 18:32
; 1Kgs 18:38
compare 2Kgs
23:15
ᵐ5
Klo (for הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden)
מַשְׂכִּית
׳
א
Lev 26:1 (
H
) ;גדולה
׳
א where ark rested 1Sam 6:14; 1Sam 6:15 also 1Sam 6:18 (
ᵑ0
אבל
q. v.); (see for other note-worthy stones
9 below
2.
stone, as material, of tablets Exod 24:12; Exod 31:18; Exod 34:1 (plural) Exod 34:4 Exod 34:4 (
J
E
) Deut 4:13
; Deut 5:19
; Deut 9:9;
Deut 9:10; Deut 9:11; Deut 10:1; Deut 10:3 of
vessels, hence probably
Exod 7:19 (
P
; ׳
א = vessels of stone || עצים) see Di;
idols (|| עץ) Deut 4:28; Deut 28:36; Deut 28:64; Deut 29:16; 2Kgs 19:18 = Isa 37:19 also Jer 3:9; Ezek 20:32
pavement 2Kgs
16:17 edifice
1Kgs 6:7 compare Gen 11:3 also 2Sam 5:11; 2Kgs 12:13; 1Chr 22:15 often plural of
(worked) stones
Lev 14:40;
Lev 14:42 (twice in verse); Lev 14:43; Lev 14:45 (
P
; in wall of house) 2Kgs 22:6 +, compare of city-wall Neh 3:35 of (ruined) city 1Kgs 15:22; Neh 3:34 tomb
Isa 14:19
אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת (costly building-stones) 1Kgs 5:31; 1Kgs 7:9; 1Kgs 7:10; 1Kgs 7:11 (see also below 3);
אַבְנֵיֿ
שַׁיִשׁ = marble (see
ᵐ5
) 1Chr
29:2
אַבְנֵי גָזִית = hewn stones
1Kgs 5:31;
1Chr 22:2;
Ezek 40:42
(for altar-tables), — compare גָּזִית; מַחְצֵב
׳
א
2Kgs 12:13
; 2Kgs 22:6
; 2Kgs 2:11
foundation-stone, corner-stone Isa 28:16; Jer 51:26; Job 38:6; Ps 118:22 cap-stone, completing the
building, הָרִאשֹׁנָה
׳
הָא
Zech 4:7 (but see
רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה
Ps 118:22
as above), Zech
3:9
upon one stone seven eyes, probably refers to this cap- or head-stone; the eyes are
symbol of God's watchfulness; perhaps explaining cup-stones found in Orient, see GutheZPV 1890, 129;
stone-cutters
׳
חָרָשֵׁי א
2Sam 5:11;
1Chr 22:15
׳
חֹצְבֵי הָא
2Kgs 12:13
compare 1Chr
22:2.
3.
precious stones, generally with modifying word יְקָרָה
׳
א collective 2Sam 12:30; 1Kgs 10:2 + often (see 2); הַשֹּׁהַם
׳
א
Gen 2:12 (
J
) compare
Exod 25:7;
Exod 28:9;
Exod 35:9; Exod 35:27; Exod 39:6 (
P
) 1Chr
29:2
מִלֻּאִים
׳
א
Exod 25:7; Exod 35:9; Exod 35:27
compare 1Chr 29:2
סַפִּיר
׳
א
Ezek 1:26;
Ezek 10:1
אַבְנֵי אֶקְדָּח
Isa 54:12
חֵפֶץ
׳
א
ib.; אַבְנֵי פוּח וְרִקְמָה
1Chr 29:2
חֵן
׳
א
Prov 17:8 on
אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ (stones of fire) Ezek 28:14; Ezek 28:16 as precious stones =
Assyrian
aban išâti
(?) see DlPa 118 & W 40; but Sm and others thunderbolts; also without distinctive
modifier Exod 25:7
; Exod 35:9
׳
חָרַשׁ א engraver in stone Exod 28:11 compare Exod 31:5; Exod 35:33 (
P
).
4.
stones containing metal, = ore, Deut 8:9 (see Di
) Job 28:2
compare Job
28:3.
5. a weight, originally stone (see Prov 27:3 compare English weight stone = 14 lb)
אַבְנֵיכִֿיס
Prov 16:11
(compare Assyrian DlW 38); הַמֶּלֶח
׳
א
2Sam 14:26
(i.e. accusative to royal standard; compare COT
Gen 23:16
); ׳
וָא
׳
א
Deut 25:13;
Prov 20:10;
Prov 20:23
(i.e. different weights, for dishonest use); כִּיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה
Mic 6:11 just
weights אַבְנֵיצֶֿדֶק
Lev 19:36
שְׁלֵמָה
׳
א
Prov 11:1 hence
also heavy mass of metal (lead) Zech 5:8.
6.
plummet
Isa 34:11
(stones of devastation, or emptiness, compare on sense 2Kgs 21:13
; Amos 7:7; Amos 7:8); also
made of metal הַבְּדִּיל
׳
הא
Zech 4:10
(conversely plummet from plumbum).
7. objects like stones; particularly hail, explicitly, אַבְנֵי הַבָּרָד
Josh 10:11
compare Isa 30:30
אֶלְגָּבִישׁ
׳
א
Ezek 13:11;
Ezek 13:18;
Ezek 38:22
but also אֲבָנִים
גְּדֹלוֺת
Josh 10:11 (
E
) (compare Assyrian DlW 38); lime-stones
אַבְנֵיגִֿר
Isa 27:9.
8. in simile (mostly poetry) of sinking in water Exod 15:5 = Neh 9:11 motionlessness Exod 15:16 strength Job 6:12 firmness Job 41:16 solidity (of ice)
Job 38:30 in
prose, of commonness 1Kgs 10:27; 2Chr 1:15 also metaphor of one in fear 1Sam 25:37 (i.e. petrified
with terror, compare
Exod 15:16 above); ׳
לֵב הָא = perverse, hard heart Ezek 11:19; Ezek 36:26
אַבְנֵינֵֿזֶר
Zech 9:16 (of
ransomed Israel) — ׳
א personified Hab 2:11 compare Hab 2:19 compare Ezek 13:11 (see 7 above)
9. In topographic terms (nearly = proper name); אֶבֶן בֹּהַן
Josh 15:6; Josh 18:17
הָעֶזֶר
׳
א
1Sam 5:1 compare 1Sam 7:12, also 1Sam 4:1 (We
Dr); ׳
הָא
הָאָ֑זֶל
1Sam 20:19,
read הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּאז see
ᵐ5
here & 1Sam 20:41 (We
Dr
Klo); הַזֹּחֶלֶת
׳
א
1Kgs 1:9 (where
WeSkizzen III, 171 compare Arabic Zuhal =
Saturn).
BDB7736
אַרְגָּב
noun masculine
heap, mound (probably); — so read 1Sam 20:19 (for אבן), 1Sam 20:41 (for ננב),
ᵐ5
(αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th
We
Klo
Dr
Kit
Bu
HPS.
BDB9268
אֶ֫בֶן
noun feminine
Dan 2:34
stone (Biblical Hebrew id.); — absolute׳
א
Dan 2:34 +;
emphatic אַבְנָא Dan 2:35 —
1.
a (the) stone
Dan 2:34; Dan 2:35; Dan 2:45; Dan 6:18.
2.
stone, material of idols Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23 of buildings Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:4.