STRONGS NUMBER H3896

H3896. Lechi

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

לחח‎ (√ of following; compare Ethiopic . II. I. moisten, cool; be moistened Di^{Lex. 30}; Late Hebrew לִחְלַח‎ Pilpal moisten thoroughly, Aramaic לַחְלַח‎ id., Late Hebrew לַח‎ moist, fresh; לֵיחָה‎ moisture, freshness, etc.)