UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: בנה

Sense 1: construction

Semantic domains: Exist (002002002005)

Core domains: Construction (045)

Definition: exact meaning unsure; possibly: = causative action by which humans perform construction activities, either in order to erect a new building or to rebuild or repair an existing one

Show passage in OET: PSA 144:12

OET-RV PSA 144:12

12 May our sons be like plants that grow large even when they’re still young
⇔ and our daughters grow like carved corner pillars in a palace.

OET-LV PSA 144:12

12 That sons _of_our will_be_like _plants full _grown in_youth(s)_of_their daughters _of_our will_be_like _corners carved the_structure _of a _palace.

Jump to OET PSA 144:12 section.

Sense 2: model, image, replica

Semantic domains: Images (001004001010)

Core domains: Crafts (027)

Definition: = a visual representation of an object, which either already exists in reality or only in the mind of the designer

Synonyms: סֶמֶל

Show passage in OET: EXO 25:9

OET-RV EXO 25:9

9 according to the patterns that I’ll show you for the residence and for all of its utensils. You all must make all of it exactly to plan.

OET-LV EXO 25:9

9 According_to _all that I am_about _to _show you DOM the _pattern _of the _tabernacle and_DOM the _pattern _of all _of articles _of_its and_thus/so/as _follows you(pl)_will _make_it.

Show passage in OET: EXO 25:40

OET-RV EXO 25:40

40 and be sure to make it all like the pattern that you’re being shown on the mountain.

OET-LV EXO 25:40

40 And_see and_make_them in_pattern _of_their which you are_being _shown on_mountain.

Jump to OET EXO 25:9 section.

Jump to OET EXO 25:40 section.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 25:9 · OET EXO 25:40

DEU: OET DEU 4:16–18

JOS: OET JOS 22:28

PSA: OET PSA 106:20

ISA: OET ISA 44:13

EZE: OET EZE 8:10

Sense 3: form, what looks like

Semantic domains: Compare (002004002003)

Core domains: Mind (106)

Definition: literally: image; hence: = an object that looks like another object

Show passage in OET: EZE 8:3

OET-RV EZE 8:3

3 Then he reached out something in the shape of a hand and took me by my hair—the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the heavens, and in visions from God, he took me to Yerushalem (Jerusalem), to the entrance of the inner northern gate, where the idol was that made Yahweh very jealous.

OET-LV EZE 8:3

3 And_he _stretched _out the_form _of a _hand and_he_took _me by_the _hair _of my_head and_ a _spirit _it _carried DOM_me between the_earth/land and_between the_heavens and_it _brought DOM_me to_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) in_visions _of god to the _opening _of the _gate _of the _inner_court which_faces northward_to where was_there the _location _of the _image _of (the)_jealousy which_provokes_to _jealousy.

Show passage in OET: EZE 10:8

OET-RV EZE 10:8

8 I noticed that the winged creatures had something like a human hand under their wings,

OET-LV EZE 10:8

8 And_it _was _seen to_cherubim the_form _of the_hand _of a _human under wings _of_their.

Jump to OET EZE 8:3 section.

Jump to OET EZE 10:8 section.

Sense 4: plan, schema, specification

Semantic domains: Design (002004002004)

Core domains: Crafts (027)

Definition: literally: image; hence: = a set of detailed instructions regarding a construction that is to be built

Show passage in OET: KI2 16:10

OET-RV KI2 16:10

10 King Ahaz went to meet the Assyrian King Tiglat -Pileser in Damesek, and he saw the altar that was there. So he sent a drawing and the detailed measurements of the altar to the priest Uriyah.

OET-LV KI2 16:10

10 And_ the_king ʼĀḩāz _he/it _went to_meet Tiglat pilʼeşer the _king _of ʼAshshūr Dammeseq and_he/it _saw DOM the_altar which was_in_Dammeseq and_ the_king ʼĀḩāz _he _sent to Uriah the_priest/officer DOM the _likeness _of the _altar and_DOM pattern _of_its to/from_all/each/any/every work _of_its.

Show passage in OET: CH1 28:11

OET-RV CH1 28:11

11 Then David gave the plans for the temple to his son Shelomoh, including plans for its porch, its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms and its inner rooms, and the room to contain the sacred box.

OET-LV CH1 28:11

11 And_ Dāvid _he/it _gave to_Shəlomoh/(Solomon) son _of_his DOM the _pattern _of the _porch and_DOM houses _of_its and_treasuries _of_its and_its _upper _of_rooms and_rooms _of_its (the)_inner and_the _house _of the _atonement _cover.

Jump to OET KI2 16:10 section.

Jump to OET CH1 28:11 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

KI2: OET KI2 16:10

CH1: OET CH1 28:11–12 · OET CH1 28:18–19

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תַּבְנִית

Form 1

Sense 1: construction

Sense 2: model, image, replica

Sense 3: form, what looks like

Sense 4: plan, schema, specification