219. owrah
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owrah: herb
Original Word: אוֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: owrah
Phonetic Spelling: (o-raw')
Short Definition: herb

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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 אוֺר חַיִּים; 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).



Strong's
herb, light

Feminine of 'owr; luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright) -- herb, light.

see HEBREW 'owr

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