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title: לָכִישׁ — Lachish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָכִישׁ (3923), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: Lachish. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָכִישׁ

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«לָכִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lachish** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 3923 · **BDB:** לָכִישׁ

### Glosses

Lachish (13); to (6); of.Lachish (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lachish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3923/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3923/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc.—so Jos 10:3 +; c. ה loc. לָכִ֫ישָׁה Jos 10:31 + 5 times;—Canaanitish (Amorit.) city, with king, Jos 10:3, 5, 23 (all JE), v 31; 12:11 (both D); (= Tel el-Amarna Lakiša, Lakisi WklTA Tablets, Nos. 217, 218, 180, 181); captured by Jos 10:32, 33, 34, 35 (all D); reckoned to Judah Mi 1:13 Je 34:7 Jos 15:39 (P), cf. 2 K 14:19(×2) = 2 Ch 25:27(×2), 2 Ch 11:9 Ne 11:30; base of Assyrian operations 2 K 18:14, cf. 2 Ch 32:9, also 2 K 18:17; 19:8 = Is 36:2; 37:8 (= Assyrian Lakisi SchrCOT 2 K 18:13); prob. = mod. Tell el-Ḥesy, c. 33 miles SW. from Jerusalem FJBMound of Many Cities, 1893 BuhlGeogr. § 103 GASmGeogr. 234; \> Umm el-Lâḳis vdVeldeMem. 320 Guérin Judeé ii. 299 ff.; Um Lâḳis opp. by RobBR ii. 47.—𝔊 Λαχεις.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 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 «לָכִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3923/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.39/)

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לָכִ֥ישׁ וּבָצְקַ֖ת וְעֶגְלֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon

*JPS 1917:* Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon;

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[Joshua 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.11/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ יַרְמוּת֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ לָכִ֖ישׁ אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Jarmuth one the.king of.Lachish one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

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