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title: אוֹרָה — light · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוֹרָה (219), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: light. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוֹרָה

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«אוֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **light** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 219 · **BDB:** אוֹרָה

### Glosses

light (2); of.lights (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/219/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/219/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. light (late, Mish. id., cf. Aramaic אוּרְתָּא evening-light, moon-light, star-light, etc.) light (opp. חֲשֵׁיכָה) ψ 139:12. light of joy \& happiness Es 8:16; pl. intens. אוֹרוֹת light of life Is 26:19 (light that quickens dead bodies as dew the plants Ew Hi De Che Di RVm; vid. BrMP 303 cf. אוֹר חַיִּים; but Ki Ges MV Bö RV transl. herbs).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוֹרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/219/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.16/)

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לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃

*Word for word:* to the Jews it.belonged light and gladness and joy and honor

*JPS 1917:* The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

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[Psalms 139:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.12/)

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גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* also darkness not it.is.\[too\].dark for you and night like the day it.shines as the darkness as the light

*JPS 1917:* Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.

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