מַלְבֵּן
malbên · H4404 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Pavement, The PavementCourtyard, court13 verses
- Brick mold, brickkilnBuilders2 verses
Meanings
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brick mold, brick kiln
Exact meaning unknown: either a small rectangular wooden container, about 20 to 25 by 10 centimeters, used to form bricks of equal size, or a large outdoor oven for baking bricks to harden them
Examples2 Samuel 12:31 He also brought out the people who were in it, and put some to work at saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and made others serve at the brick works. And he did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Nahum 3:14 Draw for yourself water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!
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brick pavement
Exact meaning unknown; probably: pavement made out of bricks
ExamplesJeremiah 43:9 “Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the Jews;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פֶּתַחentrance, doorway 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- כִּבְשָׁן kibshân · H3536 · smelting furnace, kiln
- כִּבְשָׁן is a Hebrew term for a furnace or kiln structure; while מַלְבֵּן specifically denotes a brick-kiln, כִּבְשָׁן can refer to various types of kilns or furnaces and could contextually overlap in brick-making settings
In the other Testament 1 word
- κάμινος káminos · G2575 · furnace, kiln
- κάμινος is the standard Greek term for a furnace or kiln used for various purposes including brick-making; it serves as the natural translation equivalent for מַלְבֵּן in LXX contexts where brick-kilns are referenced
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Tools001003001001017
- מַלְבֵּן names a brick mold or brickkiln, an implement for shaping bricks, as in Pharaoh's harsh demand that Israel meet its brick quota (Exodus 5:7-8).
- Constructions001003002
- The word also names the fixed structure or pavement of brickwork itself, as in Jeremiah's symbolic act performed "in the brick pavement" before Pharaoh's palace (Jeremiah 43:9).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4404. malben מַלְבֵּן noun [masculine] 1 brick-mould; 2 quadrangle (on meaning…
מַלְבֵּן noun [masculine]
1 brick-mould;
2 quadrangle (on meaning brick-mould, and figurative something rectangular, see HoffmZAW 1882, 53-72 Dr2Sa 12:31, compare Late Hebrew מַלְבֵּן; Arabic ; Syriac ); —
1 brick-mould, 2Sa 12:31 Qr (Kt, by error, מלכן), Nah 3:14.
2 quadrangle, Jer 43:9 (at Tahpanhes).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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