BDB4442 [H3939]

לַעֲנָה noun feminine wormwood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic is curse (verb id.), so Nabataean לצנת (verb לען) compare CookGlossary); — only figurative of bitter things: — of perverted justice, Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12 (|| ראֹשׁ; of result of idolatry, Deut 29:17 (|| id.); of ׳י's chastisement Jer 9:14 (|| מֵ֯ירֿאֹשׁ, Jer 23:15 (|| id.), Lam 3:15 (|| מְרוֺרִים), vLam 3:19 (|| ראֹשׁ); simile of bitter (מָרָה) result of intercourse with strange woman Prov 5:4. — On wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, etc., Greek ἀψίθιον) compare Löw80f. 401, 421 TristrNat, Hist. Bib. 493.


לָעַע see לוע


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