Strong's Lexicon

H3892

H3892 — לַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewlachadjectiveOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1102a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3892
Word:	לַח
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to be new
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	lach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	lakh
Meaning:	1. fresh, i.e. unused or undried
KJV Renderings:	green, moist.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4388

לַח adjective moist, fresh, new; — ׳ ל Gen 30:37; Ezek 21:3 לָ֑ח Ezek 17:24 plural לַחִים Num 6:3 + 2 t.; —

1. moist, fresh, of trees, fruit, etc.; לִבְנֶה לַח Gen 30:37 ( J ); ׳ עֵץ ל Ezek 17:24 ; Ezek 21:3 grapes ׳ עֲנָבִים ל Num 6:3.

2. new, of cords, ׳ יְתָרִים ל Judg 16:7; Judg 16:8, probably made of fresh sinews of animal (compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 2801] PS¹⁶⁵²; GFM^{on the
passage})

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לח (gh)

Genesis 30:87

EHCC: Jacob took hizn rods of gree popis+

Judges 16:7

KJV: And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.green…: or, new cords: Heb. moistanother: Heb. one

EHCC: bind me with scven greea withs (marg.