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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3892 - לַח

Transliteration

lach

Phonetics

lakh

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be new

Parts of Speech

adjective

TWOT

1102a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

moist, fresh, new
1. moist, fresh (of plants)
2. new (of cords, sinews)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4372 ‑ πρόσφατος (pros'‑fat‑os); 5200 ‑ ὑγρός (hoo‑gros'); 5515 ‑ χλωρός (khlo‑ros');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

BSB (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

CSB (5)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

ESV (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

KJV (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

LEB (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

LSB (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

N95 (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

NAS (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Judges 2

Ezekiel 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1261) h l (להה LHh) AC: Lick CO: Moist AB: ?: The pictograph l represents authority and the tongue as the authority, the h is a picture of wall that separates the inside from the outside. Combined these mean "tongue outside". When the lips are dry, the tongue licks the lips to moisten them. (eng: lick - an exchange for the ck and h; liquid - an exchange for the q and h and the addition of the uid.)

A) h l (להה LHh) AC: ? CO: Moist AB: ?: Anything that is moist or fresh.

N^m) h l (להה LHh) - Moist: KJV (7): green, moist - Strongs: H3892 (לַח), H3893 (לֵחַ)

f^m) i h l (לההי LHhY) - Jaw: From the moist cheeks. KJV (21): cheek, jaw, jawbone, bone - Strongs: H3895 (לְחִי)

B) h h l (להההה LHhHh) AC: Lick CO: ? AB: ?

V) h h l (להההה LHhHh) - Lick: [df: qql Kxl]KJV (13): (vf: Paal, Piel) lap, lick - Strongs: H3897 (לָחַךְ), H3952 (לָקַק)

C) h l a (אלהה ALHh) AC: Filthy CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

V) h l a (אלהה ALHh) - Filthy: KJV (3): (vf: Niphal) filthy - Strongs: H444 (אָלַח)

J) h f l (לוהה LWHh) AC: ? CO: Tablet AB: ?: A common writing material is wet clay. The letters can be easily inscribed and the clay hardens to preserve the record.

N^m) h f l (לוהה LWHh) - Tablet: KJV (43): table, board, plate - Strongs: H3871 (לֻחַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לַח adjective moist, fresh, new; — ׳ל Genesis 30:37; Ezekiel 21:3; לָ֑ח Ezekiel 17:24; plural לַחִים Numbers 6:3 2t.; —

1 moist, fresh, of trees, fruit, etc.; לִבְנֶה לַח Genesis 30:37 (J); ׳עֵץ ל Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 21:3; grapes ׳עֲנָבִים ל Numbers 6:3.

2 new, of cords, ׳יְתָרִים ל Judges 16:7,8, probably made of fresh sinews of animal (compare Syriac PS¹⁶⁵²; GFM^{on the passage})

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לַח adj. (from the root לָחַח); pl. לַחִים (with, Dagesh forte implied, Gramm. § 22, 1); prop. moist; hence fresh, of wood, Genesis 30:37 of a grape, Numbers 6:3 of new ropes, Judges 16:7, Judges 16:8.

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List of Word Forms

לַ֖ח לַח֩ לַחִ֖ים לַחִ֥ים לָ֔ח לח לחים la·ḥîm lach laChim laḥ lāḥ laḥîm