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title: לְבָנָה — moon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לְבָנָה (3842), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: moon. BDB 1906: n.f. moon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְבָנָה

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«לְבָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **moon** — 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:** 3842 · **BDB:** לְבָנָה

### Glosses

moon (2); the.moon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3842/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. moon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3842/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. moon, poet. (NH id.);—ל׳ Is 24:23 + 2 times; shall pale before י׳ Is 24:23 (‖ חַמָּה); shall become like sun (חַמָּה) in day of י׳’s redemption 30:26 (אוֹר הַלְּ׳); sim. of woman’s beauty, יָפָה כַלְּ׳ Ct 6:10 (‖ חַמָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְבָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3842/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.10/)

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מִי־זֹ֥את הַנִּשְׁקָפָ֖ה כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַר יָפָ֣ה כַלְּבָנָ֗ה בָּרָה֙ כַּֽחַמָּ֔ה אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃ס

*Word for word:* who? this \[is\].the \[one.who\].looks.down like \[the\].dawn beautiful like the moon pure like the sun majestic like.(the).\[hosts\] with banners

*JPS 1917:* Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?

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[Isaiah 24:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.23/)

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וְחָֽפְרָה֙ הַלְּבָנָ֔ה וּבוֹשָׁ֖ה הַֽחַמָּ֑ה כִּֽי־מָלַ֞ךְ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת בְּהַ֤ר צִיּוֹן֙ וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְנֶ֥גֶד זְקֵנָ֖יו כָּבֽוֹד׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.abashed the moon and it.will.be.ashamed the sun (dm) he.will.reign Yahweh of.hosts on the.mountain of.Zion and in Jerusalem and before his elders glory

*JPS 1917:* Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.

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