לפיד

Hebrew

Root
ל־פ־ד (l-p-d)

Etymology

Cf. Classical Persian لوید (lawīd, “cauldron”).

Noun

לַפִּיד • (lapíd) m (plural indefinite לַפִּידִים, plural construct לַפִּידֵי־)

1. a torch
   • 1936 December 10, “אנו נושאים לפידים (anú nos'ím lápidim, “We carry torches”)”, performed by Aaron Zeev:

     אָנוּ נוֹשְׂאִים לַפִּידִים / בְּלֵילוֹת אֲפֵלִים.

     'ánu nos'ím lapidím / b'léylot 'afelím.

     We carry torches / in foggy nights.

2. pot, particularly one in which light is carried

References

• H3940 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “לַפִּיד”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 304b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 715a
• “לפיד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• לפיד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he