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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3892 - לַח
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- moist, fresh, new
- moist, fresh (of plants)
- new (of cords, sinews)
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1261) hl (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) hl (להה LHh) AC: ? CO: Moist AB: ?: Anything that is moist or fresh.
Nm) hl (להה LHh) - Moist: KJV (7): green, moist - Strongs: H3892 (לַח), H3893 (לֵחַ)
fm) ihl (לההי LHhY) - Jaw: From the moist cheeks. KJV (21): cheek, jaw, jawbone, bone - Strongs: H3895 (לְחִי)
B) hhl (להההה LHhHh) AC: Lick CO: ? AB: ?
V) hhl (להההה LHhHh) - Lick: [df: qql Kxl]KJV (13): (vf: Paal, Piel) lap, lick - Strongs: H3897 (לָחַךְ), H3952 (לָקַק)
C) hla (אלהה ALHh) AC: Filthy CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
V) hla (אלהה ALHh) - Filthy: KJV (3): (vf: Niphal) filthy - Strongs: H444 (אָלַח)
J) hfl (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.
Nm) hfl (לוהה LWHh) - Tablet: KJV (43): table, board, plate - Strongs: H3871 (לֻחַ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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)
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.
