Lexical Summary menorah: a lampstand Original Word: מְנוֹרָהTransliteration: menorah Phonetic Spelling: (men-o-raw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a lampstand Meaning: a chandelier Strong's Concordance candlestick Or mnorah {men-o-raw'}; feminine of manowr (in the original sense of niyr); a chandelier -- candlestick. see HEBREW manowr see HEBREW niyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H4501. menorah מְנֹרָה מְנוֺרָה,42 noun feminine lampstand (Ecclus מנורה fire, Ecclesiasticus 43:4d); — absolute׳מְנו 2 Kings 4:10 9t.,מְנֹרָה Exodus 25:32 (twice in verse) + 19 t.; construct מְנוֺרַת Zechariah 4:2; 2 Chronicles 13:11 מְנֹרַת, Exodus 25:31 2t.; plural מְנֹרוֺת absolute 1 Kings 7:49 2t.; construct 1 Chronicles 28:15 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:7; — lampstand: 1 in private house 2 Kings 4:10. 2 ten lampstands in temple, plural 1 Kings 7:49 2 Chronicles 4:7; Jeremiah 52:19 (so also ᵐ5; omit "" 2 Kings 25:14-15, strike out here NowArchaeology ii. 40 < retain Gf Gie), compare 2 Chronicles 4:20, also 1 Chronicles 28:15 (7 t. in verse), but 2 Chronicles 13:11 has ׳מ in singular (as 3); compare singular in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 4:2. 3 seven-branched lampstand in tabernacle Exodus 25:31 (twice in verse); 25:32 (twice in verse) + 15 t. Exodus; Leviticus 24:4 (with lamps upon it,), Numbers 3:31; 4:9; 8:2-3, 4 (twice in verse) (all P). — מָנוֺר see II. ניר. |
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