BDB4386 [H3896]

II. לְחִי proper name, of a location scene of an exploit of Samson; — ׳ל Judg 15:19 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Σιαγων), לֶ֔חִי vJudg 15:14 with article בַּלֶּחי vJudg 15:9 (ᵐ5 Λευει, ᵐ5L Λεχει), compare רָ֫מַת לֶ֑חִי vJudg 15:17 = height of Lehi (explanation as from לְחִי jawbone, compare GFM, ᵐ5 Ἀναίρεσις σιαγόνος also 2Sam 23:11, where read לֶחְיָה to Lehi, for לַחַיָּה, see II. חַיָּה, p. 2Sam 31:2 above; (ᵐ5 θηρία; ᵐ5L σιαγόνα). It must have lain in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah (BuhlGeogr. 91); site unknown; conjectures are cited and criticized by GFMJudg 15, 19 q. see


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