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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36421" /> ==
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| <p> Judges 15:9; Judges 15:14; Judges 15:19 (where translated "in Lehi"), [[Hebrew]] "the Lehi." (See EN [[Hakkore]] "the spring"; [[Ramath]] [[Lehi]] was the eminence.) '''''Lihiy''''' strictly is the Hebrew for "jawbone"; LEHI the name of the place. God did not make water to flow out of the tooth socket of the jawbone which [[Samson]] threw away, to slake his thirst, but "cleft an hollow place ( '''''Maqtesh''''' ; Zephaniah 1:11) in Lehi," from whence" water" miraculously "came out." In Judah, between [[Philistia]] and the cliff Etam, now Beit Likiyeh, a village on the northern side of the wady Suleiman; at the entrance of the hill country of Judah, the outermost stronghold toward the S. </p>
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| | <p> On the identification of this site Lieut. Conder remarks as follows (Tent Work in Palestine, 1: 276): </p> <p> "A little way north-west of Zoreah, seven miles from Belt ' Atab, is a low hill, on the slope of which are springs called ' Ayun [[ Abu]] Meharib, or the ' fountains of the place of battles. ' Close by is a little Moslem chapel, dedicated to [[ Sheik]] Nedhir, or 'the [[ Nazarite]] chief;' and, higher up, a ruin with the extraordinary title Ism [[Allah]] ''''' —''''' 'the name of God.' The Nazarite chief is probably Samson, whose memory is so well preserved in this small district, and the place is perhaps connected with a tradition of one of his exploits. The Ism Allah is possibly a corruption of Esm' a Allah ''''' —''''' ' God heard' ''''' —''''' in which case the incident intended might be the battle of [[ Ramath]] Lehi. Finally, we were informed by a native of the place that the springs were sometimes called ' Ayun KAra, in which name we should recognize easily the En hak- Kore, or fountain of the crier' ( Judges 15: 19). To say that this spot certainly represents Rlamath [[ Lehi]] '''''—''''' ' the hill of the jaw- bone ' ''''' —''''' would be too bold. It seems, however, clear that a tradition of one of Samson's exploits lingers here; the position is appropriate for the scene of the slaughter with the jaw-bone, and we have not succeeded in finding any other likely site. " </p> |
| == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16540" /> ==
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| <p> Jawbone, a place in Judah, where Samson was enabled to slay one thousand [[Philistines]] with the jawbone of an ass, and where, in answer to his petition, a fountain sprung up to relieve his thirst, Judges 15:9-19 . Probably the Hebrew word Lehi in, should be left untranslated, "God clave a hollow place that was in Lehi, and there came water thereout." This spring he called En-hakkore, the fountain of him that prayed. It continued to flow, and may even to this day be testifying that God hears the cry of his people, and can turn a dry land into springs of water for their use, Genesis 21:19; Numbers 20:11 . </p> | | == References == |
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73676" /> ==
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| <p> '''Le'hi.''' ''(Jaw Bone).'' A place, in Judah, probably, on the confines of the Philistines' country, between it and the cliff Etam; the scene of Samson's well-known exploit with the jaw bone. Judges 15:9; Judges 15:14; Judges 15:19. It may perhaps be identified with ''Beit-Likiyeh'' , a village about two miles below the upper Beth-horon. </p> | |
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67395" /> ==
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| <p> Place in Judah, near to the land of the Philistines. It was where Samson slew a thousand men with the jaw-bone of an ass. Judges 15:9-17 . Lehi signifies 'jaw-bone,' but whether the place had this name before the victory or after is not clear. Samson called the place [[Ramathlehi]] 'hill of the jaw-bone.' Judges 15:19 is better translated, "God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi," that is, in the rock, not in the jaw-bone. </p>
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52468" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> LEHI </strong> (‘jawbone’). The scene of Samson’s well-known adventure with the jawbone of an ass ( Judges 15:9; Judges 15:14; Judges 15:18 ). The site has been placed in Judah, between the [[Cliff]] of [[Etam]] and the country of the Philistines. </p>
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41929" /> ==
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| Judges 15:1 2 Samuel 23:11
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32465" /> ==
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| Judges 15:9,14,16
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48288" /> ==
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| <p> (Heb. Lechi', '''''לְחַי''''' , in pause ''Le'Chi, '''''לֶחַי''''' ,'' a ''Cheek Or Jaw-Bone'' [usually with the art. '''''הִלְּחַי''''' ,]; Sept. '''''Λεχί''''' v. r. '''''Λευί''''' ), a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved one of his single-handed victories over the Philistines ( Judges 15:9; Judges 15:14; Judges 15:19, in which last passages the Sept. translates ( '''''Σιάγων''''' ,Vulg. maxilla) ''.'' It contained an eminence '''''—''''' Ramath- lehi, and a spring of great and lasting repute (see Ortlob, ''De Fonte Simeonis, Lips.'' 1703) '''''—''''' En hak-kore ( Judges 15:17). The name of the place before the conflict was evidently Lehi, as appears from Judges 15:9; Judges 15:14; perhaps so called from the form of some hill or rock (Gesenius, Thesaur. p. 752). After the slaughter of the Philistines, Samson, with a characteristic play upon the name, makes it descriptive of his signal and singular victory. Lehi is possibly mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:11 '''''—''''' the relation of another encounter with the Philistines hardly less disastrous than that of Samson. The Heb. there has '''''לִחִיָּה''''' , as if '''''חִיָּה''''' , from the root '''''חִי''''' (Gesenius, ''Thesaur.'' p. 470). In this sense the word very rarely occurs (see A. V. of Psalms 68:10; Psalms 68:30; Psalms 74:19). It elsewhere has the sense of "living," and thence of wild animals, which is adopted by the Sept. in this place, as remarked above. In Psalms 74:13 it is again rendered "troop." </p> <p> In the parallel narrative of 1 Chronicles ( 1 Chronicles 11:15), the word '''''מחנה''''' '','' a "camp," is substituted. In the passage 2 Samuel, it is rendered in the A. V. "into a troop," but by alteration of the vowel-points becomes "to Lehi," which gives a new and certainly an appropriate sense. This reading first appears in [[Josephus]] (Ant. 7:12, 4), who gives it "a place called Siagona" '''''—''''' the jaw '''''—''''' the word which he employs in the story of Samson (Ant. 5:8, 9). It is also given in the Complutensian Sept., and among modern interpreters by Bochart (Hieroz. 1:2, ch. 13), Kennicott (Dissert. p. 140), J. D. Michaelis (Bibelfiir Ungfelehrt.), Ewald (Geschichte, 3:180, note). The great similarity between the two names in the original (Gesenius, Thsctur. p. 175 b), has led to the supposition that Beer-Lahai-roi was the same as Lehi. But the situations do not suit. The well Lahai-roi was below Kadesh, very far from the locality to which Samson's adventures seem to have been confined. [[Jerome]] states that Paula, when on her way from [[Bethlehem]] to Egypt, passed from Sochoth to the fountain of Samson (Opera, 1:705, ed. Migne). Later writers locate it beside [[Eleutheropolis]] (Anton. Mar. liin. 30; Reland, p. 872); but the tradition appears to have been vague and uncertain (Robinson, 2:64 sq.). There is only a deep old well, which would not answer to the [[Scripture]] narrative (Robinson, 2:26 sq.). '''''—''''' Smith; Kitto. [[Van]] de Velde (Narrative, 2:140, 141) proposes to identify Ramoth-Lehi with [[Ramoth]] [[Nekeb]] ( 1 Samuel 30:27), as well as with [[Baalath]] ( 1 Kings 9:18; 2 Chronicles 8:6), Baalath-beer ( Joshua 19:8), or [[Bealoth]] ( Joshua 15:24); and all these with some ruins on tell ''Lekiyeh,'' three or four miles north of Bir es-Seba (comp. ''Memoir,'' p. 343), a view to which we yield an assent, reluctantly, however, owing to its great distance from the [[Philistine]] territory, and the want of exact agreement in the Arabic name ( ''Lechi And Legiyeh'' ) ''.'' The ''Beit-Likiyeh,'' mentioned by Tobler ( ''Dritte Wanderung,'' p. 189) as a village on the northern slopes of the great wady Suleiman, about two miles below the upper Beth-horon, is a position at once on the borders of both Judah and the Philistines, and within reasonable proximity to Zorah, Eshtaol, Timnlath, and other places familiar to the history of the great [[Danite]] hero. But this, again, is too far north for any known position of the adjoining rock Etamn (q.v.). </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_48293"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lehi+(2) Lehi from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_36421"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/lehi Lehi from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_16540"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/lehi Lehi from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_73676"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/lehi Lehi from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_67395"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/lehi Lehi from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_52468"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/lehi Lehi from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_41929"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/lehi Lehi from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_32465"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/lehi Lehi from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_48288"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lehi Lehi from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Lehi [1]
On the identification of this site Lieut. Conder remarks as follows (Tent Work in Palestine, 1:276):
"A little way north-west of Zoreah, seven miles from Belt 'Atab, is a low hill, on the slope of which are springs called 'Ayun Abu Meharib, or the 'fountains of the place of battles.' Close by is a little Moslem chapel, dedicated to Sheik Nedhir, or 'the Nazarite chief;' and, higher up, a ruin with the extraordinary title Ism Allah — 'the name of God.' The Nazarite chief is probably Samson, whose memory is so well preserved in this small district, and the place is perhaps connected with a tradition of one of his exploits. The Ism Allah is possibly a corruption of Esm'a Allah — 'God heard' — in which case the incident intended might be the battle of Ramath Lehi. Finally, we were informed by a native of the place that the springs were sometimes called 'Ayun KAra, in which name we should recognize easily the En hak-Kore, or fountain of the crier' ( Judges 15:19). To say that this spot certainly represents Rlamath Lehi — 'the hill of the jaw-bone ' — would be too bold. It seems, however, clear that a tradition of one of Samson's exploits lingers here; the position is appropriate for the scene of the slaughter with the jaw-bone, and we have not succeeded in finding any other likely site."
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