לוח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ו־ח (l-w-kh)
2 terms

Cognate with Arabic لَوْح (lawḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈluaχ/

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Noun

לוּחַ • (lúakh) m (plural indefinite לוּחוֹת) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. board, tablet, plate (flat piece of solid material)
   1. blackboard
2. table, chart
   1. calendar

Derived terms

• לוח הבקרה m (lúakh habakará)
• לוּחַ זְמַנִּים (lúakh z'maním)
• לוּחִית (lukhít)
• לוח שנה m (lúakh shaná)
• לוחות הברית m pl (lukhót habrít)
• מַחְשֵׁב לוּחַ (makhshév lúakh)

References

• “לוח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H3871 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• לוח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• חול, חו״ל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew לוּחַ (lúach, “board, tablet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫʊəχ/

Noun

לוח • (luekh) m, plural לוחות (lukhes)

1. (Judaism) the Biblical tablets of the Ten Commandments
2. The Jewish calendar