לוח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ו־ח‎ (l-w-ḥ)

Cognate with Arabic لَوْح‎ (lawḥ).

Noun

לוּחַ • (lúakh) m (plural indefinite לוּחוֹת‎)

1. board, tablet, slab
   1. blackboard
2. table, chart
   1. calendar

Derived terms

• לוח הבקרה‎ m (lúakh habakará)
• 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

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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