o.rah denotes light as a condition of brightness, set against darkness and named in scenes of joy and awakening.

The attested uses present o.rah as light or brightness: singular forms occur in a contrast with darkness and in a statement of joy, while the plural form occurs in the phrase “dew of lights.”

1. Light or brightness · dominant

   In Esther 8:16, the singular noun occurs in the statement that the Jews had light alongside joy, gladness, and honor. In Psalm 139:12, another singular form is set in a clause where darkness is not dark and night shines like day; Isaiah 26:19 has the plural form in the phrase the APB renders “dew of lights.”

   Esther 8:16Psalm 139:12Isaiah 26:19

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the singular contexts with “light” and contrasts it with darkness in Psalm 139:12; in Isaiah 26:19 it renders the plural phrase “dew of lights.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings confirm the clauses' presentation rather than assign a separate English equivalent to each form.