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title: לַיִשׁ — Laish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַיִשׁ (lemma:לַיִשׁ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Laish. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:לַיִשׁ · **BDB:** לַ֫יִשׁ²

### Glosses

Laish (2); \[was\].Laish (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Laish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b7_5d9_5b4_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b7_5d9_5b4_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (on meaning lion, cf. RSSem i. 156 (om. 2nd ed.));—former name of Dan., in extreme north of Canaan, Ju 18:7, 14, 27, 29 (v. דָּן p. 192 b); 𝔊 Λαισα; = לָשֶׁם q.v.; cf. BuhlGeogr. § 124.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַיִשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b7_5d9_5b4_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 18:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.29/)

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וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ דָּ֔ן בְּשֵׁם֙ דָּ֣ן אֲבִיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוּלַּ֖ד לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם לַ֥יִשׁ שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.called the.name of the.city Dan by the.name of.Dan ancestor their who he.was.born to Israel and but \[was\].Laish the.name of the.city to the.former \[time\]

*JPS 1917:* And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

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[Judges 18:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.14/)

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וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה דְּע֥וּ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.answered the.five the men \[who had\].gone to spy.out (et) the land Laish and they.said to brothers their do you.know? (dm).that there.\[are\] in the houses (the) these an.ephod and teraphim a carved.image and a.molten.image and therefore consider what? will.you.do

*JPS 1917:* Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren: 'Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.'

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