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title: לוּחִית — Luhith · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוּחִית (3872), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Luhith. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוּחִית

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«לוּחִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Luhith** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3872 · **BDB:** לוּחִית

### Glosses

Luhith (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Luhith [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3872/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3872/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Moab; c. art. מַעֲלֵה הַלּוּחִית Is 15:5; Je 48:5 Qr (הַלֻּחִית; Kt. הלחות); it lay S. of the Arnon; cf. BuhlGeogr. 24, 272 and reff.; 𝔊 Λουειθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוּחִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3872/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.5/)

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כִּ֚י מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֔יתבִּבְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה־בֶּ֑כִי כִּ֚י בְּמוֹרַ֣ד חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם צָרֵ֥י צַֽעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.ascent of.(the) Luhith with weeping someone.will.ascend weeping (dm) on the.descent of.Horonaim \[the\].distresses of.the.cry.of.distress of.destruction people.will.hear

*JPS 1917:* For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

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[Isaiah 15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.5/)

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לִבִּי֙ לְמוֹאָ֣ב יִזְעָ֔ק בְּרִיחֶ֕הָ עַד־צֹ֖עַר עֶגְלַ֣ת שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑ה עֶגְלַ֣ת שְׁלִשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֗ית בִּבְכִי֙ יַֽעֲלֶה־בּ֔וֹ כִּ֚י דֶּ֣רֶךְ חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם זַעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר יְעֹעֵֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* heart my for Moab it.cries.out fugitives its \[are\].to Zoar Eglath Shelishiyah (dm) the.ascent of.(the) Luhith with weeping it.is.going.up on it (dm) the.road of.Horonaim a.cry of.shattering they.rouse

*JPS 1917:* My heart crieth out for Moab; her fugitives reach unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old; for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

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