אֶ֫בֶן 274 noun feminineGenesis 29:2 (
masculine1 Samuel 17:40 ?) stone (Assyrian
abnu, = the sharp, projecting ? see Dl
W, Pr 107; Phoenician
אבן; Aramaic
H69 אֶבֶן,
axnbAf; Ethiopic
እብን፡ Sabean [
ם]
אבנ DHM
ZMG 1883, 341) —
א׳ absolute
Genesis 28:22 +;
אָ֑בֶן Genesis 11:3 +; construct
Genesis 49:24 +; suffix
אַבְנוֺ 2 Kings 3:25;
אֲבָנִים Genesis 31:46 +, etc.; — a
stone (large or small).
1. in natural state, used as pillow
Genesis 28:11,
18 (E); seat
Exodus 17:12 (E); cover of well
Genesis 29:2,
3 (twice in verse);
Genesis 29:8,
10 (J); causing one to stumble
Isaiah 8:14; marring good ground
2 Kings 3:19,
25; hand-missle
Exodus 21:18 (JE)
Numbers 35:17,
23 (P)
2 Samuel 16:6,
13, especially in judicial stoning, with verb
רָגַם Leviticus 20:2,
27;
Leviticus 24:23;
Numbers 14:10;
Numbers 15:35,
36;
Joshua 7:25a (all P), so also
Deuteronomy 21:21;
2 Chronicles 24:21;
Ezekiel 16:40;
Ezekiel 23:47; compare
1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18; with verb
סָקַל Deuteronomy 13:11;
Deuteronomy 17:5;
Deuteronomy 22:21,
24;
1 Kings 21:13; also
Joshua 7:25b (J E or D); sling-stones
Judges 20:16;
1 Samuel 17:40,
49 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 17:50;
2 Chronicles 26:14; hurled by engines
2 Chronicles 26:15; set up for inscribing law
Deuteronomy 27:2,
4,
8;
Joshua 8:32 (all D); as memorial
Joshua 4:3,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
20,
21 (J E D)
1 Samuel 7:12; as sacred pillar (
מַצֵּבָה)
Genesis 28:18;
Genesis 35:14 (anointed with oil),
Genesis 28:22 (=
בֵּיתאֵל) compare
(רֹעֶה) א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Genesis 49:24 (see Di); as witness
Genesis 31:45 compare
Joshua 24:26,
27 (all J E); plural gathered into heap (
גַּל) over dead,
Joshua 7:26 (see Di)
Joshua 8:29; compare
Joshua 10:18,
27 (JE)
2 Samuel 18:17;
גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact
Genesis 31:46 (twice in verse) (JE); built into altar
Exodus 20:25;
Deuteronomy 27:5,
6 (J E D)
Joshua 8:31;
1 Kings 18:31,
32,
38; compare
2 Kings 23:15 Klo (for
הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden)
מַשְׂכִּית א׳ Leviticus 26:1 (H);
גדולה א׳ where ark rested
1 Samuel 6:14,
15 also
1 Samuel 6:18 (MT
אבל which see); (see for other note-worthy stones
9 below.
2. stone, as material, of tablets
Exodus 24:12;
Exodus 31:18;
Exodus 34:1 (plural)
Exodus 34:4;
Exodus 34:4 (JE)
Deuteronomy 4:13;
Deuteronomy 5:19;
Deuteronomy 9:9,
10,
11;
Deuteronomy 10:1,
3; of vessels, hence probably
Exodus 7:19 (P;
א׳ = vessels of stone ||
עצים) see Di; idols (||
עץ)
Deuteronomy 4:28;
Deuteronomy 28:36,
64;
Deuteronomy 29:16;
2 Kings 19:18 =
Isaiah 37:19; also
Jeremiah 3:9;
Ezekiel 20:32; pavement
2 Kings 16:17; edifice
1 Kings 6:7 compare
Genesis 11:3; also
2 Samuel 5:11;
2 Kings 12:13;
1 Chronicles 22:15; often plural of (worked) stones
Leviticus 14:40,
42 (twice in verse);
Leviticus 14:43,
45 (P; in wall of house)
2 Kings 22:6 +, compare of city-wall Nehemiah 3:35 [
Nehemiah 4:3]; of (ruined) city
1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 3:34 [
Nehemiah 4:2]; tomb
Isaiah 14:19;
אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת (costly building-stones)
1 Kings 5:31 [
1 Kings 5:17];
1 Kings 7:9,
10,
11 (see also below
3);
אַבְנֵי־ שַׁיִשׁ = marble (see
)
1 Chronicles 29:2;
אַבְנֵי גָזִית =
hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31 [
1 Kings 5:17];
1 Chronicles 22:2;
Ezekiel 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare
גָּזִית;
מַחְצֵב א׳ 2 Kings 12:13;
2 Kings 22:6;
2 Chronicles 34:11; foundation-stone, corner-stone
Isaiah 28:16;
Jeremiah 51:26;
Job 38:6;
Psalm 118:22; cap-stone, completing the building,
הָרִאשֹׁנָה הָא׳ Zechariah 4:7 (but see
פִּנָּה רֹאש Psalm 118:22 as above),
Zechariah 3:9 upon one stone seven eyes, probably refers to this cap- or head-stone; the eyes are symbol of God's watchfulness; perhaps explaining cup-stones found in Orient, see Guthe
ZPV 1890, 129;
stone-cutters חָרָשֵׁי א׳ 2 Samuel 5:11;
1 Chronicles 22:15;
חֹצְבֵי הָא׳ 2 Kings 12:13 compare
1 Chronicles 22:2.
9. In topographic terms (nearly = proper name);
אֶבֶן בֹּהַן Joshua 15:6;
Joshua 18:17; [
H72 הָעֶזֶר א׳ 1 Samuel 5:1; compare
1 Samuel 7:12, also
1 Samuel 4:1 (We Dr)];
הָא׳ הָאָ֑זֶל 1 Samuel 20:19, read
הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּאז see
here &
1 Samuel 20:41 (We Dr Klo);
הַזֹּחֶלֶת א׳ 1 Kings 1:9 (where We
Skizzen III, 171 compare Arabic
Zuhal = Saturn).
†
אַרְגָּב noun masculine heap, mound (probably); — so read
1 Samuel 20:19 (for
אבן),
1 Samuel 20:41 (for
ננב),
(
αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H69
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