תבן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־ב־ן (t-b-n)
1 term

Cognate with Aramaic תִּבְנָא / ܬܒܢܐ (teḇnā, “straw”) whence Arabic تِبْن (tibn) and cognate to or derived from Akkadian 𒅔𒉡𒁕 (/⁠tibnu⁠/, “straw”).

Noun

תֶּבֶן • (téven) m

1. straw, chaff, stubble
   • Tanach, Job 21:18, with translation of the King James Version:

     […] יִהְיוּ, כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי-רוּחַ; וּכְמֹץ, גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה […]

     […] yihyú k'téven lifnei-ruakh ;ukh'móts g'navatú sufáh […]

     […] They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. […]

Derived terms

• לבור את הבר מן התבן / לָבֹר אֶת הַבָּר מִן הַתֶּבֶן (lavór et habár min hatéven)

References

• H8401 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible