BDB4386

II. לְחִי proper name [of a location] scene of an exploit of Samson; — ׳ ל Judg 15:19 (twice in verse) ( ᵐ5 Σιαγων), לֶ֔חִי Judg 15:14 with article בַּלֶּחי Judg 15:9 ( ᵐ5 Λευει, ᵐ5 ^L Λεχει), compare רָ֫מַת לֶ֑חִי Judg 15:17 = height of Lehi (explanation as from לְחִי jawbone, compare GFM, ᵐ5 Ἀναίρεσις σιαγόνος also 2Sam 23:11, where read לֶחְיָה to Lehi, for לַחַיָּה, see II. חַיָּה , p. 2Sam 31:2 above; ( 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