BDB4385
I. לְחִי noun masculine Song 1:10 jaw, cheek (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לוֺחָא; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2797]; on Assyrian la—û compare DlHWB 375, but [untranscribed source text 2798] = — ?); — ׳ ל absolute Judg 15:17; Mic 4:14 construct Judg 15:15 + 2 t.; לֶ֑חִי 1Kgs 22:24 + 3 t. + Judg 15:19 (twice in verse); suffix לֶחֱיוֺ Job 40:26 לֶחֱיָהּ Lam 1:2 dual לְחָיַיִּם Deut 18:3 construct לְחָיֵי Isa 30:28 suffix לְחָיַי Isa 50:6, compare Job 16:10, etc.; לְחֵיהֶם Hos 11:4 —
1.
jaw, jawbone, of animal, Judg 15:15; Judg 15:16 (twice in verse); Judg 15:17 (under jaw of ass), compare proper
name, of a location רָכַת לֶ֑חִי Judg 15:17 in simile עַלּלְֿחֵיהֶם
כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל
Hos 11:4
like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read מֵעַל ?) their
jaws (Israel under figure of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Deut 18:3 of crocodile Job 40:26
of Pharaoh under figure of תַּנִּים
Ezek 29:4
(compare Ezek 29:3
); compare
Ezek 38:4; Isa 30:28.
2.
cheek, of man 1Kgs 22:24 = 2Chr 18:23; Job 16:10; Ps 3:8; Song 5:13; Isa 50:6; Lam 3:30; Mic 4:14 of woman Song 1:10; Lam 1:2 (figurative of Jerusalem).