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Strong's #3888 - לוּשׁ
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- (Qal) to knead (dough)
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1274) sl (לסה LSh) AC: Knead CO: Lion AB: ?
J) sfl (לוסה LWSh) AC: Knead CO: ? AB: ?
V) sfl (לוסה LWSh) - Knead: KJV (5): (vf: Paal) knead - Strongs: H3888 (לוּשׁ)
M) sil (ליסה LYSh) AC: ? CO: Lion AB: ?
Nm ) sil (ליסה LYSh) - Lion: From the act of kneading its prey when caught. KJV (3): lion - Strongs: H3918 (לַיִשׁ)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַּתָּ֫לָשׁ 1 Samuel 28:24; 2 Samuel 13:8 Qr (Kt ושׁ-); Imperative feminine singular ל֫וּשִׁי Genesis 18:6; Infinitive construct מִלּוּשׁ Hosea 7:4; Participle feminine plural לָשׁוֺת Jeremiah 7:18; — knead (object not expressed = קֶמַח סֹלֶת) Genesis 18:6 (J), compare 1 Samuel 28:24; object בָּצֵק dough Hosea 7:4; Jeremiah 7:18 compare 2 Samuel 13:8.
לוּשׁ [“to knead with hands and feet, kindred to דּוֹשׁ, also דָּבַשׁ, דָּרַשׁ”], to knead dough, Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 28:24; 2 Samuel 13:8. (Syriac and Chald., Eth. ለዊስ፡ id.). Hence לוּשׁ.
[“(2) to be strong, firm; Arab. لَاثَ Med. Ye, III., V., id. Hence לַיִשׁ.”]
לוּשׁ pr.n. m. 2 Samuel 3:15 כתיב; compare לַיִשׁ 2, b.