STRONGS NUMBER H3871

H3871. luach

לוּחַ‎ noun masculine tablet, board or plank, plate (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic לוּחָא‎, ; Arabic ; (modern pronunciation lûµ, lôµ, compare e.g. Spiro^{Arab.-Eng. Vocab.} Buhl), Ethiopic , but Assyrian li±û (as if from לחה‎) in Dl^{HWB 366}; see, however, lêjum (lêyum) Jäger^{BAS i, 486}); — ׳ל‎ absolute Isaiah 30:8; construct Proverbs 3:3-4t.; dual לֻחֹתָ֑יִם‎ Ezekiel 27:5; plural לוחֹת‎ (לֻחֹת לֻחוֺת,‎) absolute Exodus 32:16-17t.; construct Deuteronomy 4:13 16t.; —

1 chiefly of stone tablets on which ten words were written Exodus 24:12; 31:18b; 32:16 (twice in verse); 32:19 (all E), 34:1 (3 t. in verse); 34:4 (twice in verse); 34:28 (all J), Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:19; 9:9-10, 11, 17; 10:1-2,(twice in verse); 10:3 (twice in verse); 10:4-5, 1 Kings 8:9; 2 Chronicles 5:10; ׳ל הָעֵדֻת‎ Exodus 31:18a; 32:15; compare 34:29 (all P); ׳ל הַבְּרִית‎ Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 15; tablet for writing prophecy Isaiah 30:8 ׅ‎ "" (סֵפֶר‎, Habakkuk 2:2, and figurative, b>לָבְּךָ לוּחַ‎ Proverbs 3:3; 7:3 (for writing wise counsel), compare Jeremiah 17:1 (inscribing sin of Judah); (verb mostly כָּחַב‎ Exodus 31:18b; 32:15; Deuteronomy 9:10; ׳כ עַל‎ Exodus 34:1, 28; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:19; 10:2, 4; Proverbs 3:3; 7:3; Isaiah 30:8; עַל חָרַשׁ‎ Jeremiah 17:1; כָּרַת‎ followed by accusative Deuteronomy 9:9 compare 1 Kings 8:9 2 Chronicles 5:10; עַל חָרַת‎ Exodus 32:16; עַל בֵּאֵר‎ Habakkuk 2:2).

2 wooden boards, composing altar of tabernacle Exodus 27:8; 38:7; planks composing ship (figurative of Tyre) Ezekiel 27:5; cf, אָ֑רֶז לוּחַ עָלָיהָ נָצוּר‎ Song of Solomon 8:9, of door.

3 (metal) plates on bases of lavers in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:36.