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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3959 - לֶשֶׁם

Transliteration
Leshem
Phonetics
leh'-shem
Origin
the same as (H3958)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Leshem = “precious stone”

1) a city west of Mount Hermon, also called ‘Laish’ and later ‘Dan’

Frequency Lists
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
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