Lexicon
מְנוֹרָה
me.no.rah
H4501
H:N-F Hebrew

lampstand

42
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

me.no.rah is a stand or fixture that holds and supports lamps, described in settings of worship and in a furnished upper room.

The term denotes a lamp-supporting fixture: it is described as a gold object with branches, cups, capitals, and flowers; it is placed opposite a table, supplied with lamps and articles, and used for light. The same noun also names the lampstand placed among the furnishings of an upper room.

Senses in use

  1. Lamp-supporting fixture · dominant

    In Exodus 25:31 the APB renders a made object of pure gold with a thigh, branch, cups, capitals, and flowers; Exodus 25:32 then describes six branches coming from its sides. In Exodus 40:24 it is set opposite the table in the tent of meeting, while Numbers 8:2 describes seven lamps giving light opposite its face. The same singular noun occurs among the furnishings of an upper room in 2 Kings 4:10.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the noun as “lampstand,” including a gold object with lamps and articles in Exodus 39:37 and a fixture set opposite a table in Exodus 40:24. Those renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.

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