Lexical Definition

‎לַיִשׁ‎ Layish (lah'-yish) Laish ^N:N--L
the same as ‎לַיִשׁ‎

Laish. Compare ‎לוּשׁ‎.

• § Laish = "lion"
• Laish, the name of two places in Palestine

n pr m
1) father of Phaltiel, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David
n pr loc
2) an early name for Dan, a town in northern Israel
3) a place north of Jerusalem; site unknown

Extended Information

spelling of: לוּשׁ

• A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.44
• father of: Palti (פַּלְטִי)
• Another spelling of lush (‎לו‎ּ‎ש‎ׁ "Laish" לוּשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎לַ֫יִשׁ‎ proper name, of a location (on meaning lion, compare RS^{Semitic i. 156 (om. 2nd ed.)}); — former name of Dan, in extreme north of Canaan, Judg 18:7; Judg 18:14; Judg 18:27; Judg 18:29 (see ‎דָּן‎ b); ᵐ5 Λαισα; = ‎לֶשֶׁם‎ q. v.; compare Buhl^{Geogr. § 124}.

Also see: לוּשׁ

III. ‎לַ֫יִשׁ‎ proper name, masculine father of Michal's second husband, 1Sam 25:44 + 2Sam 3:15 Qr (Kt ‎לושׁ‎), ᵐ5 A Λμεις, Σελλης, ᵐ5^L Ιωας, Σελλειμ.

‎לַ֫יְשָׁה‎ proper name, of a location North of Jerusalem Isa 10:30 (perhaps akin to III. ‎לַיִשׁ‎, see Di); site unknown; see Kasteren^{ZPV xiii. 101} conjecture `Isawiye, village two miles northeast from Jerusalem (PEF^{Map; Mem. iii. 27} Rob^{BR i. 437} compare Buhl^{Geogr. 175}), ᵐ5 ἐν Σα, Λαισα.

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