לחי

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לְחִי or לֶחִי • (lekhí or lékhi) f (plural indefinite לְחָיַיִם, singular construct לְחִי־, plural construct לְחָיֵי־)

1. a cheek
2. jaw (of a tool)
   • Tanach, Judges 15:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיְהִי כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ הַלְּחִי מִיָּדוֹ וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא רָמַת לֶחִי׃

     Va-yhí k'khalotó l'dabér va-yashlékh ha-l'ḥi mi-yadó va-yiqrá la-maqóm ha-hu Ramát Léḥi.

     And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.

3. (Talmudic Hebrew, Jewish law) doorpost
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Eruvin 1:2:

     הֶכְשֵׁר מָבוֹי, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, לֶחִי וְקוֹרָה, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, לֶחִי אוֹ קוֹרָה. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, לְחָיַיִן.

     Hekhshér mavóy, beit Shamái omrím, leḥi v-qorá, u-veit Hillél omrím, leḥi o qorá. Rábbi Eli'ézer omér, leḥayáyin.

     Of the fitness of an entryway, the House of Shammai says, "A doorpost and a beam," and the house of Hillel says, "A doorpost or a beam." Rabbi Eliezer says, "Two doorposts."

• → English: lechi

• H3895 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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