"אבוקה" meaning in Hebrew

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a shortened form of *אבהוקה (avhuka), from the root ב־ה־ק (b-h-q), compare with בָּהַק (bahák, “to shine, glow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "אֲבוּקָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avuka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲבוּקוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "אֲבוּקוֹת",
        "tr": "avuka",
        "wv": "אֲבוּקָה"
      },
      "expansion": "אֲבוּקָה • (avuka) f (plural indefinite אֲבוּקוֹת)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Fire",
          "orig": "he:Fire",
          "parents": [
            "Combustion",
            "Light sources",
            "Chemical processes",
            "Light",
            "Nature",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Light sources",
          "orig": "he:Light sources",
          "parents": [
            "Light",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916, Hayim Nahman Bialik, In Honour of Hanukkah 1–4",
          "text": "אָבִי הִדְלִיק נֵרוֹת לִי / וְשַׁמָּשׁ לוֹ אֲבוּקָה – / יוֹדְעִים אַתֶּם לִכְבוֹד מִי? / לִכְבוֹד הַחֲנֻכָּה!\nMy father has lit candles for me / And his shamash a torch – / Do you know for the honour of whom? / For the honour of Hanukkah!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torch (a stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source)"
      ],
      "id": "en-אבוקה-he-noun-cuDngsTn",
      "links": [
        [
          "torch",
          "torch#English:_burning_stick"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wood",
          "wood#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fibre",
          "fibre"
        ],
        [
          "twisted",
          "twist#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "soaked",
          "soak#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "flammable",
          "flammable#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "resin",
          "resin#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "tallow",
          "tallow#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "set on fire",
          "set on fire"
        ],
        [
          "held",
          "hold#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "put",
          "put#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bracket",
          "bracket#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stuck",
          "stick#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "light source",
          "light source"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "lapíd",
          "word": "לַפִּיד"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "אבוקה"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a shortened form of *אבהוקה (avhuka), from the root ב־ה־ק (b-h-q), compare with בָּהַק (bahák, “to shine, glow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "אֲבוּקָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avuka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲבוּקוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "pl": "אֲבוּקוֹת",
        "tr": "avuka",
        "wv": "אֲבוּקָה"
      },
      "expansion": "אֲבוּקָה • (avuka) f (plural indefinite אֲבוּקוֹת)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew feminine nouns",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
        "Hebrew nouns",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "he:Fire",
        "he:Light sources"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916, Hayim Nahman Bialik, In Honour of Hanukkah 1–4",
          "text": "אָבִי הִדְלִיק נֵרוֹת לִי / וְשַׁמָּשׁ לוֹ אֲבוּקָה – / יוֹדְעִים אַתֶּם לִכְבוֹד מִי? / לִכְבוֹד הַחֲנֻכָּה!\nMy father has lit candles for me / And his shamash a torch – / Do you know for the honour of whom? / For the honour of Hanukkah!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torch (a stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torch",
          "torch#English:_burning_stick"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wood",
          "wood#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fibre",
          "fibre"
        ],
        [
          "twisted",
          "twist#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "soaked",
          "soak#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "flammable",
          "flammable#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "resin",
          "resin#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "tallow",
          "tallow#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "set on fire",
          "set on fire"
        ],
        [
          "held",
          "hold#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "put",
          "put#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bracket",
          "bracket#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "stuck",
          "stick#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "light source",
          "light source"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "lapíd",
      "word": "לַפִּיד"
    }
  ],
  "word": "אבוקה"
}