Lexical Summary owrah: a light Original Word: אוֹרָהTransliteration: owrah Phonetic Spelling: (o-raw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a light Meaning: luminousness, prosperity, a plant Strong's Concordance herb, light Feminine of 'owr; luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright) -- herb, light. see HEBREW 'owr Brown-Driver-Briggs H219. owrah I. אוֺרָה noun feminine light (late, Mishna id., compare Aramaic אוּרְתָּא evening-light, moon-light, star-light, etc.) 1 light (opposed to חֲשֵׁיכָה) Psalm 139:12. 2 light of joy & happiness Esther 8:16; plural intensive אוֺרוֺת light of life Isaiah 26:19 (light that quickens dead bodies as dew the plants Ew Hi De Che Di RVm; see BrMP 303 compare חַיִּים אוֺר; but Ki Ges MV Bö RV translate herbs). II. [אוֺרָה] noun feminine herb (so Mishna, Ges compare נצץ, Arabic = lights & flowers, & Samaritan יאר = דֶּשֶׁא of Genesis 1:11-12,) only plural אוֺרוֺת herbs 2 Kings 4:39 (compare Isaiah 26:19 above below I. אוֺרָה). |
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