H3974 H3974
light, luminary (singular/general); luminaries, lights (plural/celestial bodies)
1. light, luminary (singular/general) — Noun meaning light or luminary in the singular or general sense, referring to sources of light whether the sun, lamps, or light in general. Arabic النُّورَ/الضُّوءِ 'the light/the radiance' and نورُ 'light of' confirm. Spanish 'la luz' (the light) and 'la luminaria' (the luminary) are used interchangeably. Korean 빛 'light' and 등잔 'lamp' point to light sources. Hindi रोशनी 'brightness/light' and दीपक 'lamp' and ज्योति 'luminance' cover both natural and artificial light. Swahili mwanga 'light/brightness' and taa 'lamp' and nuru 'light' are consistent. This merges the singular article, prepositional, and construct forms as inflectional variants of one sense covering light-as-phenomenon and individual luminaries. 15×
AR["الإِنارَةِ","الضُّوءِ","النُّورَ","الْإِنَارَةِ","لِ-الإِضاءَةِ","لِ-الإِنارَةِ","لِ-لْإِضَاءَةِ","لِلـ-إِنارَةِ","لِنُورِ","نوراً","نورُ-"]·ben["আলো","আলো-","আলোকে","আলোর","আলোর-জন্য","জ্যোতি","প্রদীপের","প্রদীপের-জন্য","সেই-আলোর-জন্য"]·DE["das-Licht","der-Licht","der-Mond","fuer-der-Licht","in-der-Licht-von","von-Licht"]·EN["for-the-light","in-the-light-of","the-light","the-light-of","the-moon"]·FR["de-lumière","la-lumière","le-lumière","pour-le-lumière","à-lumière","מאור"]·heb["ה-מאור","ל-ה-למאור","ל-ה-מאור","ל-מאור","מאור","מאור־"]·HI["ज्योति","ज्योति-का","दीपक-के-लिए","प्रकाश","में-ज्योति","रोशनी-का","रोशनी-की","रोशनी-के-लिए"]·ID["Terang-","dalam-terang","pelita","penerang","untuk-penerang","untuk-penerangan"]·IT["da-luce","il-luce","il-luce-di","luminare","per-il-luce"]·jav["ing-pepadhang","ing-pepadhangan","kang-pepadhang","kangge-padhang","kanggé-damar,","kanggé-padamaran","kanggé-padamaran,","padamaran","padamaran;","padhang-saking","pepadhang","pepadhang-punika"]·KO["그-광명","그-빛","그-빛의","등불-을-위하여","빛-에","빛-을","빛은-","빛을-위한","에-그-등잔"]·PT["Luz-de-","a-luz","o-iluminar","o-luzeiro","para-a-iluminação","para-a-luminosidade","para-a-luz","à-luz-de"]·RU["-светило","для-светильника","на-свет","свет-","света","светило"]·ES["Luz-de","a-luz-de","el-alumbrado","la-lumbrera","la-luminaria","la-luz","luminar","para-el-alumbrado","para-el-luminar","para-la-luminaria","para-la-luz"]·SW["cha-taa","katika-nuru-ya","kwa-taa","mwanga","mwanga-","mwanga-wa","nuru","ya-mwanga","ya-taa"]·TR["-aydınlatmanın","-e-ışık","-ışığı","aydınlatma-için","icin-ısıgın","ışığı","ışığı-","ışığın-","ışığına"]·urd["روشنی","روشنی-کا","روشنی-کے","روشنی-کے-لیے","لِ-روشنی"]
Gen 1:16, Gen 1:16, Exod 25:6, Exod 27:20, Exod 35:8, Exod 35:14, Exod 35:14, Exod 35:28, Exod 39:37, Lev 24:2, Num 4:9, Num 4:16 (+3 more)
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Senses
2. luminaries, lights (plural/celestial bodies) — Noun in the plural meaning luminaries or lights, typically referring to celestial bodies (sun, moon, stars) created by God, as in Genesis 1. Arabic الأَنْوَارِ/أَنْوَارٌ 'the lights/lights' uses the broken plural for multiple light sources. Spanish 'lumbreras' (luminaries) and 'las lumbreras' (the luminaries) use the dedicated astronomical/celestial term. Korean 광명들 'luminances' (plural) and Hindi ज्योतियां/ज्योतियाँ 'luminaries' (plural) distinguish from singular light. Swahili mianga 'lights' (plural of mwanga) confirms plural celestial usage. This includes both the plural absolute and the plural construct 'luminaries of,' all referring to the category of celestial or major light-bearing entities. 4×
AR["أَنْوَارٌ","أَنْوَارِ","الأَنْوَارِ","لِأَنْوَارٍ"]·ben["আলোর","জ্যোতি","জ্যোতির-জন্য"]·DE["Lichter","[מאורי]","zu-Lichtern"]·EN["for-lights","lights","luminaries-of","the-lights"]·FR["le-luminaires","luminaire","luminaires","pour-luminaires"]·heb["ה-מאור","ל-מאור","מאור","מאורי"]·HI["के-लिए-ज्योतियों","ज्योतियाँ","ज्योतियां"]·ID["benda-benda-penerang","benda-penerang","penerang","untuk-penerang"]·IT["[מאורי]","il-lights","lights","per-lights"]·jav["ing-pepadhangan","kangge-pepadhangan","pepadhang","pepadhangan"]·KO["광명들","그-광명들","빛나는-것들을","에-광명들"]·PT["luminárias-de","luzeiros","para-luzeiros"]·RU["-светила","для-светил","светила"]·ES["las-lumbreras","las-luminarias-de","lumbreras","para-lumbreras"]·SW["kwa-mianga","mianga","mikubwa-","vyanzo-vya"]·TR["-ışıkları","ışıklar","ışıklar-olarak","ışıklarını"]·urd["روشنیاں","روشنیوں-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָאוֹר n.m. luminary—abs. Gn 1:16 +; cstr. מְאוֹר Pr 15:30 +; pl. מְאוֹרֹת Gn 1:15; מְאֹרֹת v 14, 16; cstr. מְאוֹרֵי Ez 32:8—light, light-bearer, luminary, lamp, of sun & moon Gn 1:14, 15, 16(×3) (P) Ez 32:8; moon ψ 74:16; מְנֹרַת הַמָּאוֹר the lamp-stand of the luminary or light (where הַמּ׳ is sum of seven sacred lamps on golden lamp-stand) Ex 35:14(×2), 28; 39:37 Nu 4:9, 16, cf. Ex 25:6;…