לפיד
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ל־פ־ד (l-p-d) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Cf. Classical Persian لوید (lawīd, “cauldron”).
Noun
לַפִּיד • (lapíd) m (plural indefinite לַפִּידִים, plural construct לַפִּידֵי־)
- torch
- 1936 December 10, “אנו נושאים לפידים (anú nos'ím lápidim, “We carry torches”)”, performed by Aaron Zeev:
- אָנוּ נוֹשְׂאִים לַפִּידִים / בְּלֵילוֹת אֲפֵלִים.
- 'ánu nos'ím lapidím / b'léylot 'afelím.
- We carry torches / in foggy nights.
- pot, particularly one in which light is carried
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | לַפִּיד | first | לַפִּידִי | לַפִּידֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַלַּפִּיד | second | לַפִּידְךָ | לַפִּידֵךְ | לַפִּידְכֶם | לַפִּידְכֶן | |
| construct | לַפִּיד־ | third | לַפִּידוֹ | לַפִּידָהּ | לַפִּידָם | לַפִּידָן | |
| plural | indefinite | לַפִּידִים | first | לפידיי / לַפִּידַי | לַפִּידֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַלַּפִּידִים | second | לַפִּידֶיךָ | לפידייך / לַפִּידַיִךְ | לַפִּידֵיכֶם | לַפִּידֵיכֶן | |
| construct | לַפִּידֵי־ | third | לַפִּידָיו | לַפִּידֶיהָ | לַפִּידֵיהֶם | לַפִּידֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
- (torch): אֲבוּקָה (avuká)
References
- H3940 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “לַפִּיד”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 304b
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 715a
- “לפיד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "לפיד" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- לפיד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he