מָאוֺר noun masculine luminary — absolute [Gen 1:16] +; construct מְאוֺר [Prov 15:30] +; plural מְאוֺרֹת [Gen 1:15] מְאֹרֹת v[Gen 1:14] v[Gen 1:16] construct מְאוֺרֵי [Ezek 32:8] — light, light-bearer, luminary, lamp, of sun & moon [Gen 1:14]; [Gen 1:15]; [Gen 1:16] (3 t. in verse) (P) [Ezek 32:8] moon [Ps 74:16] מְנֹרַת הַמָּאוֺר the lamp-stand of the luminary or light (where ׳הַמּ is sum of seven sacred lamps on golden lamp-stand) [Exod 35:14] (twice in verse); [Exod 35:28]; [Exod 39:37]; [Num 4:9]; [Num 4:16], compare [Exod 25:6]; [Exod 27:20]; [Exod 35:8]; [Lev 24:2] (all P); מְאוֺרעֵֿינַיִם יְשַׂמַּחלֵֿב֑ [Prov 15:30] the luminary of the eyes (= the eyes as a lamp) gives the light of joy to the heart; מְאוֺר פָּנֶיךָ [Ps 90:8] the luminary of thy face (thy face as a lamp) in the light of which the secrets are exposed.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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