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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3959 - לֶשֶׁם
Transliteration
Leshem
Phonetics
leh'-shem
Root Word (Etymology)
the same as (H3958)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Leshem = “precious stone”
1) a city west of Mount Hermon, also called ‘Laish’ and later ‘Dan’
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Joshua
2
NAS (2)
Joshua
2
HCS (2)
Joshua
2
BSB (2)
Joshua
2
ESV (2)
Joshua
2
WEB (2)
Joshua
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. לֶ֫שֶׁם proper name, of a location variant of לַיִשׁ (whence We De Gent 37) Di read לֵשָׁם; Lag BN 20 Anm. thinks ם remnant of Mimmation, לֶשֶׁם from לַיִשׁ = Laišum), old, name of city דָּן (see לַיִשׁ), Joshua 19:47 (twice in verse) (compare Di), ᵐ5 B Λαχεις, לֶשֶׁם דָּן = Λασεννδακ, ᵐ5 A ᵐ5 L Λεσεν.
לשׁן (√ of following; Thes conjectures original meaning lick (compare , , ), so Hup-Now Psalm 32:4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
לֶשֶׁם m.
(1) a kind of precious stone, Exodus 28:19, 39:12. LXX. λιγύριον. Vulgate ligurius, Germ. Opal.
(2) Joshua 19:47, a town, otherwise called לַיִשׁ and דָּן.
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List of Word Forms
לְלֶ֙שֶׁם֙ לֶ֜שֶׁם ללשם לשם lə·le·šem le·šem ləlešem leLeshem lešem Leshem