לוּחַ noun masculine tablet, board or plank, plate (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic לוּחָא, ; Arabic ; (modern pronunciation lûµ, lôµ, compare e.g. Spiro^{Arab.-Eng. Vocab.} Buhl), Ethiopic , but Assyrian li±û (as if from לחה) in Dl^{HWB 366}; see, however, lêjum (lêyum) Jäger^{BAS i, 486}); — ׳ל absolute Isaiah 30:8; construct Proverbs 3:3 4t.; dual לֻחֹתָ֑יִם Ezekiel 27:5; plural לוחֹת (לֻחוֺת, לֻחֹת) absolute Exodus 32:16 17t.; construct Deuteronomy 4:13 16t.; —

1 chiefly of stone tablets on which ten words were written Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18b; Exodus 32:16 (twice in verse); Exodus 32:19 (all E), Exodus 34:1 (3 t. in verse); Exodus 34:4 (twice in verse); Exodus 34:28 (all J), Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 9:9,10,11,17; Deuteronomy 10:1,2(twice in verse); Deuteronomy 10:3 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 10:4,5; 1 Kings 8:9; 2Chronicles 5:10; הָעֵדֻת ׳ל Exodus 31:18a; Exodus 32:15; compare Exodus 34:29 (all P); הַבְּרִית ׳ל Deuteronomy 9:9,11,15; tablet for writing prophecy Isaiah 30:8 ׅ "" (סֵפֶר, Habakkuk 2:2, and figurative, b>לוּחַ לָבְּךָ Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3 (for writing wise counsel), compare Jeremiah 17:1 (inscribing sin of Judah); (verb mostly כָּחַב Exodus 31:18b; Exodus 32:15; Deuteronomy 9:10; עַל ׳כ Exodus 34:1,28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 10:2,4; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Isaiah 30:8; חָרַשׁ עַל Jeremiah 17:1; כָּרַת followed by accusative Deuteronomy 9:9 compare 1 Kings 8:9 2Chronicles 5:10; חָרַת עַל Exodus 32:16; בֵּאֵר עַל Habakkuk 2:2).

2 wooden boards, composing altar of tabernacle Exodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7; planks composing ship (figurative of Tyre) Ezekiel 27:5; cf, נָצוּר עָלָיהָ לוּחַ אָ֑רֶז Songs 8:9, of door.

3 (metal) plates on bases of lavers in Solomon's temple 1 Kings 7:36.