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title: לַיִשׁ — Laish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַיִשׁ (3919), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Laish. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַיִשׁ

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«לַיִשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Laish** — 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:** 3919 · **BDB:** לַ֫יִשׁ³

### Glosses

of.Laish (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Laish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3919/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3919/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Michal’s second husband, 1 S 25:44 + 2 S 3:15 Qr (Kt לושׁ), 𝔊 Αμεις, Σελλης, A Λα(ε)ις, 𝔊L Ιωας, Σελλειμ.

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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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַיִשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3919/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 25:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.44/)

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וְשָׁא֗וּל נָתַ֛ן אֶת־מִיכַ֥ל בִּתּ֖וֹ אֵ֣שֶׁת דָּוִ֑ד לְפַלְטִ֥י בֶן־לַ֖יִשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִגַּלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Saul he.had.given (et) Michal daughter his the.wife of.David to Palti the.son of.Laish who \[was\].from Gallim

*JPS 1917:* Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

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[2 Samuel 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.15/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ אִ֣ישׁ בֹּ֔שֶׁת אִ֣ישׁ בֹּ֔שֶׁת וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ מֵ֣עִֽם אִ֑ישׁ מֵעִ֖ם פַּלְטִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־לָֽיִשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth and he took.her from with a.husband from with Paltiel the.son of.Laish

*JPS 1917:* And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.

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