אוֹרָהʼôwrâh
אוֺרָה: light
Pronunciation: o-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H219
Meanings
1. light (Psalms 139:12)
2. light of joy & happiness (Esther 8:16; Isaiah 26:19)
אוֺרָה: herb (Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:12; 2 Kings 4:39; Isaiah 26:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 4:39 One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.
- Esther 8:16 The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere.
- Psalms 139:12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
- Isaiah 26:19 But those who die in the Lord will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).