תבן

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ת־ב־ן‎ (t-b-n)

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
    • 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. […]

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