H3872

לוּחִית

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Luhith

§ Luhith = "tablets" a town of Moab, south of the Arnon River

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

הלחות Jer 48:5 Kt see לוּחִית.

לוּחִית proper name, of a location in Moab; with article הַלּוּחִית מַעֲלֵה Isa 15:5; Jer 48:5 Qr (הַלֻּחִית; Kt. הלחות); it lay south of the Arnon; compare Buhl^{Geogr. 24, 272 and references}; ᵐ5 Λουειθ.

מַעֲלֶה₁₉ noun masculine^{Isa 15:5} ascent; — ׳מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 הַזֵּיתִית ׳מִ 2Sam 15:30 (see זַיִת 3); עַקְרַבִּים ׳מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea Buhl^{Geogr. 16. 66} Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים ׳מ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm Buhl^{Geogr. 98}.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ.

2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851

2 occurrences

Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)