לְבָנָה

ləb̲ānāh
Hebrew · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
white (f.)
Categories
luminary
Related Lemmata 14 ›

1. moon

1.a moon luminary

poetic

וְהָיָ֤ה אוֹר־הַלְּבָנָה֙ כְּא֣וֹר הַחַמָּ֔ה וְא֤וֹר הַֽחַמָּה֙ יִֽהְיֶ֣ה שִׁבְעָתַ֔יִם כְּא֖וֹר שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַיָּמִ֑ים בְּי֗וֹם חֲבֹ֤שׁ יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־שֶׁ֣בֶר עַמּ֔וֹ וּמַ֥חַץ מַכָּת֖וֹ יִרְפָּֽא׃

wəhāyāh ʾôr-halləb̲ānāh kəʾôr haḥammāh wəʾôr haḥammāh yihyeh šib̲ʿāt̲ayim kəʾôr šib̲ʿat̲ hayyāmîm bəyôm ḥăb̲ōš YHWH ʾet̲-šeb̲er ʿammô ûmaḥaṣ makkāt̲ô yirpāʾ.

‘And the light of the moon shall become like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall become sevenfold, like the light of the seven days, when GOD binds up the wounds of this people and heals the injuries it has suffered.’

— Isaiah 30 26

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). לְבָנָה (Lemma #2278). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2278/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). לְבָנָה (Lemma #2278). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2278/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). לְבָנָה (Lemma #2278). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2278/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) לְבָנָה (Lemma #2278), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2278/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2278,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {לְבָנָה ({Lemma} #2278)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2278/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2278/},
}