לוח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ו־ח (l-w-kh)
2 terms

Cognate with Arabic لَوْح (lawḥ).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. board, tablet, blackboard

   תראה מה המורה כתב על הלוח!

   tir'é ma ha moré katáv al ha lúakh

   Look what the teacher wrote on the board!

2. plate (flat piece of solid material)
3. table, chart, calendar

Derived terms

• לוח בקרה m (lúakh bakará)
• לוּחַ זְמַנִּים m (lúakh z'maním)
• לוח שנה m (lúakh shaná)
• לוחות הברית m pl (lukhót habrít)
• לוּחִית f (lukhít)
• מַחְשֵׁב לוּחַ m (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