Lexical Definition

‎לוּחִית‎ Lûwchîyth (loo-kheeth') Luhith ^N:N--L
or לֻחוֹת Luchôwth (loo-khoth'); (Jeremiah 48:5), from the same as ‎לוּחַ‎; floored

Luhith.

• § Luhith = "tablets"
• Luchith, a place East of the Jordan

1) a town of Moab, south of the Arnon River

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הלחות‎ Jer 48:5 Kt see ‎לוּחִית‎.

‎לוּחִית‎ proper name, of a location in Moab; with article ‎הַלּוּחִית מַעֲלֵה‎ Isa 15:5; Jer 48:5 Qr (‎הַלֻּחִית‎; Kt. ‎הלחות‎); it lay south of the Arnon; compare Buhl^{Geogr. 24, 272 and references}; ᵐ5 Λουειθ.

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Luhith • A place in Moab

Luhith, a place in Moab mentioned in prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:5).

• A location near Horonaim חֹרֹנַיִם first mentioned at Isa.15.5;
• referred to as Luhith or Luhith לוּחִית.
  

Luhith is mentioned in the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah concerning the judgment of Moab. In Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:5, the "ascent of Luhith" is described as a place where the people of Moab will go up with weeping and mourning. The exact location of Luhith is not specified in the Bible, but it is associated with the territory of Moab, east of the Dead Sea. The prophecies indicate that Luhith will be a place of sorrow and distress for the Moabites when God's judgment comes upon them.

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