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Lexicon :: Strong's H3959 - lešem

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לֶשֶׁם
Transliteration
lešem
Pronunciation
leh'-shem
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as לֶשֶׁם (H3958)
Strong’s Definitions

לֶשֶׁם Leshem, leh'-shem; the same as H3958; Leshem, a place in Palestine:—Leshem.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H3959 in the following manner: Leshem (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H3959 in the following manner: Leshem (2x).
  1. Leshem = "precious stone"

    1. a city west of Mount Hermon, also called 'Laish' and later 'Dan'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֶשֶׁם Leshem, leh'-shem; the same as H3958; Leshem, a place in Palestine:—Leshem.
STRONGS H3959: Abbreviations
† II. לֶ֫שֶׁם proper name, of a location variant of לַיִשׁ (whence WeDe Gent 37) Di read לֵשָׁם; LagBN 20 Anm. thinks ם remnant of Mimmation, לֶשֶׁם from לַיִשׁ = Laišum), old, name of city דָּן (see לַיִשׁ), Joshua 19:47 (twice in verse) (compare Di), Greek Version of the LXXB Λαχεις, לֶשֶׁם דָּן = Λασεννδακ, Greek Version of the LXXA LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Λεσεν.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

19:47

H3959

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3959 matches the Hebrew לֶשֶׁם (lešem),
which occurs 2 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,[fn] so they attacked the town of Laish.[fn] They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.
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