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title: לְחִי — jaw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לְחִי (3895), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: jaw. BDB 1906: n.m. jaw, cheek. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְחִי

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«לְחִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **jaw** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 3895 · **BDB:** לְחִי

### Glosses

cheeks (5); cheek (4); jaws (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

jaw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3895/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. jaw, cheek [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3895/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ct 1:10 jaw, cheek (NH id.; Aramaic לוֹחָא; Arabic لَحْىٌ; on Assyrian laḫû cf. DlHWB 375, but ح = ḫ?);—ל׳ abs. Ju 15:17 Mi 4:14; cstr. Ju 15:15 + 2 times; לֶ֑חִי 1 K 22:24 + 3 times + Ju 15:19(×2); sf. לֶחֱיוֹ Jb 40:26; לֶחֱיָהּ La 1:2; du. לְחָיַיִם Dt 18:3; cstr. לְחָיֵי Is 30:28; sf. לְחָיַי Is 50:6, cf. Jb 16:10, etc.; לְחֵיהֶם Ho 11:4;— jaw, jawbone, of animal, Ju 15:15, 16(×2), 17 (under jaw of ass), cf. n.pr.loc. רָמַת לֶ֑חִי v 17; in sim. כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל עַל־לְחֵיהֶם Ho 11:4 like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read מֵעַל?) their jaws (Isr. under fig. of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Dt 18:3; of crocodile Jb 40:26; of Pharaoh under fig. of תַּנִּים Ez 29:4 (cf. v 3); cf. 38:4 Is 30:28. cheek, of man 1 K 22:24 = 2 Ch 18:23, Jb 16:10 ψ 3:8 Ct 5:13; Is 50:6; La 3:30; Mi 4:14; of woman Ct 1:10; La 1:2 (fig. of Jerusalem).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְחִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3895/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.30/)

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יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* let.him.give to \[the one.who\].strikes.him a.cheek let.him.be.sated with reproach

*JPS 1917:* Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.

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[Song of Songs 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.10/)

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נָאו֤וּ לְחָיַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּתֹּרִ֔ים צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.delightful cheeks your with.(the) strings of.jewels neck your with strings of.beads

*JPS 1917:* Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.

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