לַח
lach · lakh
fresh, i.e. unused or undried
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be new;
fresh, i.e. unused or undried
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: green, moist.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
Authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- green2 · 33%
- of green1 · 17%
- moist1 · 17%
- up the green1 · 17%
- every green1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.