אוֹרָה

«אוֹרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: light — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 219 · BDB: אוֹרָה

Glosses

light (2); of.lights (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

light tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. light (late, Mish. id., cf. Aramaic אוּרְתָּא evening-light, moon-light, star-light, etc.) light (opp. חֲשֵׁיכָה) ψ 139:12. light of joy & happiness Es 8:16; pl. intens. אוֹרוֹת light of life Is 26:19 (light that quickens dead bodies as dew the plants Ew Hi De Che Di RVm; vid. BrMP 303 cf. אוֹר חַיִּים; but Ki Ges MV Bö RV transl. herbs).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אוֹרָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Esther 8:16

לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃

Word for word: to the Jews it.belonged light and gladness and joy and honor

JPS 1917: The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

Psalms 139:12

גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃

Word for word: also darkness not it.is.[too].dark for you and night like the day it.shines as the darkness as the light

JPS 1917: Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.

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