Strong's Hebrew #4404 - מַלְבֵּן malben (a brick mold)

brick kiln

From laban (denominative); a brick-kiln -- brickkiln.

see HEBREW laban

1) brick mold, brick kiln, quadrangle
1a) brick mould, brick kiln
1b) quadrangle
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3835 (denominative)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1074i

מַלְבֵּן noun [masculine]

1 brick-mould;

2 quadrangle (on meaning brick-mould, and figurative something rectangular, see Hoffm^{ZAW 1882, 53-72} Dr^{2Samuel 12:31}, compare Late Hebrew מַלְבֵּן; Arabic ; Syriac ); —

1 brick-mould, 2 Samuel 12:31 Qr (Kt, by error, מלכן), Nahum 3:14.

2 quadrangle, Jeremiah 43:9 (at Tahpanhes).

Strong's Hebrew: 4404. מַלְבֵּן (malben) — 3 Occurrences

2 Samuel 12:31
HEB: [בַּמַּלְכֶּן כ] (בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן ק) וְכֵ֣ן
NAS: and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus
KJV: and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did
INT: and iron pass brick kiln and thus did

Jeremiah 43:9
HEB: וּטְמַנְתָּ֤ם בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙ בַּמַּלְבֵּ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּפֶ֥תַח
NAS: them in the mortar in the brick [terrace] which
KJV: them in the clay in the brickkiln, which [is] at the entry
INT: and hide the mortar the brick which the entrance

Nahum 3:14
HEB: בַחֹ֖מֶר הַחֲזִ֥יקִי מַלְבֵּֽן׃
NAS: Take hold of the brick mold!
KJV: the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
INT: the mortar Take of the brick