Lexical Definition

‎לֶשֶׁם‎ Leshem (leh'-shem) Leshem ^N:N--L
the same as ‎לֶשֶׁם‎

Leshem.

• § Leshem = "precious stone"
• Leshem, a place in Palestine

1) a city west of Mount Hermon, also called 'Laish' and later 'Dan'

Extended Information

name of: דָּן

• Leshem = "precious stone"
• Another name of dan (‎ד‎ָּ‎ן‎ "Dan" דָּן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎לֶ֫שֶׁם‎ proper name, of a location variant of ‎לַיִשׁ‎ (whence We^{De gent 37}) Di read ‎לֵשָׁם‎; Lag^{BN 20 Anm.} thinks ‎ ם‎ remnant of Mimmation, ‎לֶשֶׁם‎ from ‎לַיִשׁ‎ = Laišum), old, name of city ‎דָּן‎ (see ‎לַיִשׁ‎), Josh 19:47 (twice in verse) (compare Di), ᵐ5^B Λαχεις, ‎לֶשֶׁם דָּן‎ = Λασεννδακ, ᵐ5^A ᵐ5^L Λεσεν.

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