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title: לֵכָה — Lecah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֵכָה (3922), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Lecah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֵכָה

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«לֵכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lecah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3922 · **BDB:** לֵכָה

### Glosses

of.Lecah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lecah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3922/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3922/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Judah 1 Ch 4:21; unknown. 𝔊 Ληχα, Λαιχα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «לֵכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3922/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.21/)

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בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Shelah the.son of.Judah \[were\].Er the.father of.Lecah and Laadah the.father of.Mareshah and the.clans of.the.house of.the.work of.(the) fine.linen of the.house of.Ashbea

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

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