Lexical Definition

‎לֶשַׁע‎ Leshaʻ (leh'-shah) Lasha ^N:N--L
from an unused root thought to mean to break through; a boiling spring

Lasha.

• § Lasha = "fissure"
• Lesha, a place probably East of the Jordan

1) a place in the southeast of Palestine at the limit of the Canaanites territory, near Sodom and Gomorrah

Extended Information

• Lasha = "fissure"
• Also named: na.cha.li.el (‎נ‎ַ‎ח‎ֲ‎ל‎ִ‎יא‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Nahaliel" נַחֲלִיאֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לֶ֫שַׁע‎] proper name, of a location near Sodom and Gomorrah, only ‎לָ֑שַׁע‎Gen 10:19 ᵐ5 D Δασα; E ᵐ5^L Λασα; site unknown; = Kallirrho-, with hot-springs, Jerome^{Quaest in Gen, (10.19)}, compare Buhl^{Geogr 123 and references}

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Lasha • A place marking Canaanite territory; a stop in Israel's journey

Lasha (Nahaliel), a place marking the extent of Canaanite territory (Genesis 10:19) and a stop in Israel's wilderness journey (Numbers 21:19).

• A location first mentioned at Gen.10.19;
• referred to as Lasha לֶשַׁע, or Nahaliel נַחֲלִיאֵל.
  

Lasha, also referred to as Nahaliel, is mentioned in two different contexts in the Bible. In Genesis 10:19, Lasha is described as one of the boundaries of the Canaanite territory, along with Sidon, Gomorrah, and Sodom. In Numbers 21:19, Nahaliel is listed as one of the places the Israelites passed through during their wilderness journey from the Arnon to Bamoth and on to Pisgah. It is unclear whether these two references indicate the same location or different places with similar names.

All entries for Lasha or Nahaliel: לֶשַׁע ☩ נַחֲלִיאֵל