Original Language Studio
Exodus 5:16
“There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
תֶּבֶןteben · teh'-ben
H8401 · Hebrew
H8401 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)
- Derivation
- probably from H1129 (בָּנָה);
- KJV renderings
- chaff, straw, stubble.
- Grammar
- תֶּ֗בֶן — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:25Genesis 24:32Exodus 5:7Exodus 5:7Exodus 5:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תֶּבֶן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.