לThe twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The name of this letter, ‘Lamed’, prob. means ‘the rod (of the teacher)’, from למד, which prob. meant orig. ‘to prick, sting, incite, goad’. In PBH it has the numerical value of thirty. It alternates with נ and with ר. With נ: cp. the bases לחץ and נחץ and the words לִשְׁכָּה and נִשְׁכָּה, כַּלָּה ᴵ and Arab. kanna (= daughter-in-law, sister-in-law), צֶלֶם and Arab. ṣanam (= idol, image), dialectal Arab. naqama and Arab. laqama (= he obstructed), dialectal Arab. naqiya and Arab. laqiya (= he encountered, met), Gk. litron and nitron (= carbonate, natron), L. leptis and neptis (= granddaughter). With ר: cp. Heb. חֶלֶץ and Aram. חֲרַץ (= loin); Arab. qalb (= heart), which according to some scholars is related to Heb. קֶרֶב; Heb. שָׁלַח (= he sent), and Arab. saraḥa (= he sent forth); PBH שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת, a secondary form of Biblical Heb. שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת; Attic Gk. klibanos and Doric Gk. kribanos (= covered earthen vessel); It. albero (= tree) from L. arbor; It. pellegrino, Fren. pèlerin (= pilgrim); Fren. palefroi (= palfrey) from Med. L. palafrēdus, from Late L. paraverēdus; It. mercoledi (= Wednesday) from L. Mercuriī diēs (lit. ‘day of Mercurius’); Eng. plum from vulgar L. prūna, from L. prūnum; Eng. turtle (= dove) from L. turtur. The alternation of the consonants l and n, resp. l and r is in most cases due to dissimilation. The ל sometimes appears at the end of nouns as an additional consonant, as in גִּבְעֹל (= stalk, stem), כַּרְמֶל (= garden land).

לְ◌ pref. 1 to, unto. 2 toward. 3 at, by. 4 into. 5 belonging to. 6 written by (the so-called ‘Lamed auctoris’, as in מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד (= psalm written by David). 7 לְ◌ serves to introduce the inf. construction, as in לְדַבֵּר (= to speak), לְבָרֵךְ (= to bless). לְ◌ becomes לִ◌ before a consonant with ‘schwa’, as in לִשְׁלֹמֹה (= to Solomon); with following יְ it coalesces into י, as in לִירוּשָׁלַיִם (= to Jerusalem); before a ‘hateph’ (see חָטָף) it takes the vowel of the hateph, as in לֶאֱדוֹם (= to Edom); before the art. the ה is usually dropped and its vowel taken over by the prep. ל as in לַבֶּגֶד, for לְהַבֶּגֶד (= to the garment), לָאָב for לְהָאָב (= to the father); before אֱלֹקִים, לְ◌, becomes לֵ◌; cp. also לֶאֱמֹר (= to say), which becomes לֵאמֹר (q.v.). [Related to Aram.-Syr. לְ◌, Ugar. l-, Arab. li-, Ethiop. ḻ- (= to), Akka. la- (= Heb. לִפְנֵי).]

לֹא adv. no, not. [Related to Aram. (also BAram) and Syr. לָא, Ugar. l, Arab. lā, Akka. lā (= not, no). cp. לָא, לָאו, and the second element in אֶלָּא, אוּלַי, אִלּוּלֵא, לוּלֵא.]

לֹא◌ combining form meaning ‘non-’. [From לֹא (= no, not).]

לָא adv. PBH no, not. [Aram., related to Heb. לֹא (q.v.).]

לאה to be weary, be impatient.
    — Qal - לָאָה was weary, was impatient.
    — Niph. - נִלְאָה he wearied himself, was weary, was exhausted.
    — Hiph. - הֶלְאָה he wearied, made weary, exhausted.
    — Hoph. - הֻלֽאָה was made weary, was exhausted. [Aram. לְאִי, Syr. לָאא, לִאי (= was weary, was tired), Arab. laā’(y) (= was slow, was hesitating), whence la‘yan (= with difficulty), prob. also Akka. lā’ū (= weak, small). cp. base להה.] Derivatives: הַלְאָיָה, לֵאֶה, לֵאוּת, מַלְאֶה, נִלְאֶה, תְּלָאָה.

לֵאֶה adj. NH weary, tired, exhausted. [From לאה.]

לָאו adv. PBH no, not, whence n. לָאו (pl. לָאוִין), a negative command, prohibition. [Aram. (and Syr.) לַו is related to לָא (= not, no).]

לֵאוּת f.n. MH weariness, fatigue. [Formed from לאה (= to be weary) with suff. ◌וּת, on the analogy of Aram. לֵיאוּתָא.]

לאט ᴵ to cover.
    — Qal - לָאַט he covered (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Sam. II 19:5). [Related to לוט.]

לאט ᴵᴵ to speak softly, whisper.
    — Qal - לָאַט he spoke softly, whispered (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Job 15:11). [From לְאַט.] Derivative: לְאִיטָה.

לְאַט adv. slowly, gently. [Formed from pref. לְ◌ (= at), and אַט (= slowly, gently).]

לָאט m.n. secret place (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Jud. 4:21 in the form בַּלָּאט, ‘secretly, stealthily’). [The same as בַּלָּט. See לָט.]

לְאִיטָה f.n. NH speaking gently, whisper. [Verbal n. of לָאַט. See לאט ᴵᴵ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לאך to send. [Ugar. lk (= to send), Arab. la’ka, ’al’aka, Ethiop. la’aka (= he sent). Base of מַלְאָךְ (= messenger; angel) and מְלָאכָה (= work).]

לְאַלְתַּר adv. PBH on the spot, at once. [Aram., formed from לְ◌ (= to, for, at) and אַלְתַּר (= at once), which is contracted from אַל־אֲתַר or עַל אֲתַר. See אַלְתַּר.]

לְאֹם m.n. (pl. לְאֻמִּים) nation, people. [Related to Akka. li’mu, limu (= thousand), Ugar. lm (= people, crowd), Arab. la’ama (= he gathered together, assembled).] Derivatives: לאם, לְאֻמִּי, לְאֻמָּנוּת, לְאֻמָּנִי.

לאם to nationalize.
    — Hiph. - הִלְאִים he nationalized.
    — Hoph. - הֻלֽאַם was nationalized.
    — Hith. - הִתְלָאֵם became nationalized. [Denominated from לְאֹם.] Derivatives: הַלְאָמָה, הִתֽלַאֲמוּת.

לְאֻמִּי adj. NH national. [Formed from לְאֹם with suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: לְאֻמִּיּוּת.

לְאֻמִּיּוּת f.n. NH 1 nationalism. 2 nationality. [Formed from לֽאֻמִּי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לְאֻמָּנוּת f.n. NH chauvinism. [Formed from לְאֹם with suff. ◌ָנוּת.]

לְאֻמָּנִי adj. NH chauvinistic. [Formed from לְאֹם with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

לֵאמֹר adv. saying, namely. [Formed from לֶאֱמֹר, hence properly the inf. construct of אָמַר (= he said) and lit. meaning ‘to say’. For the punctuation לֵאמֹר see לְ◌. cp. לוֹמַר.]

לְאָן pron. PBH where? whither? [Formed from pref. לְ◌ (= to) and אָן (= where, whither).]

לֵב m.n. (pl. לְבָבוֹת, also לִבּוֹת) 1 heart, mind, will. 2 the inner part, the middle. [Related to Aram. לִבָּא, Syr. לֶבָּא (= heart), BAram. לִבִּי (= my heart), Ugar. lb, Ethiop. lebb, Arab. lubb, SArab. לב, Akka. libbu (= heart).]

לִבָּא m.n. PBH heart. [Aram., related to Heb. לֵב. See לֵב.]

לֵבָב m.n. (pl. לְבָבוֹת) heart. [A collateral form of לֵב. cp. BAram. לְבַב. Derivatives: לבב ᴵ, לְבָבִי, לָבוּב.

לבב ᴵ to be understanding, likable.
    — Niph. - נִלְבַּב he was understanding, likable.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּב 1 he ravished the heart, fascinated; 2 he encouraged, strengthened.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּב MH 1 he was fascinated; 2 was encouraged, was fascinated. [Denominated from לֵבָב.] Derivatives: לִבּוּב ᴵ, מְלַבֵּב, מְלֻבֵּב, נִלְבָּב.

לבב ᴵᴵ to make cakes.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּב he made cakes. [Denominated from לְבִיבָה.] Derivative: לִבּוּב ᴵᴵ.

לבב ᴵᴵᴵ to blaze up.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּב he blazed up.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּב was blazed up. [Related to base לבה.]

לְבָבִי adj. MH heartily, cordial. [Formed from לֵבָב, לֵב with suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: לְבָבִיּוּת.

לְבָבִיּוּת f.n. NH heartiness, cordiality. [Formed from לְבָבִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לְבַד adv. alone, only. [Formed from בַּד ᴵⱽ (= separation) with pref. לְ◌, hence lit. meaning ‘separately’.] Derivatives: לְבַד ᴵᴵ, לְבַדוּת.

לבד ᴵ to join, combine.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּד he joined, combined.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּד was joined, was combined. [Arab. labada (= he adhered, clung), labid (= coherent, compact).] — The Qal occurs only in the pass. part. לָבוּד (q.v.). Derivatives: לָבִיד, מִלְבָּדָה, תַּלְבִּיד.

לבד ᴵᴵ to proclaim as unique.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּד he proclaimed as unique.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּד was proclaimed as unique. [Back formation from לְבַד.]

לַבָּד m.n. NH felt worker. [Nomen opificis formed from לֶבֶד.]

לֶֽבֶד m.n. PBH felt. [Related to Arab. libd (= felt).] Derivative: לַבָּד.

לְבַדּוּת f.n. NH being alone. [Formed from לְבַד with suff. ◌וּת.]

לְבָדָד adv. alone (lit.: ‘separated, isolated’). [Formed from בָּדָד with pref. לְ◌.]

לַבָּה ᴵ f.n. flame (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ex. 3:2 in the phrase בְּלַבַּת־אֵשׁ, ‘in a flame of fire’). [Prob. contraction of לֶהָבָה (= flame).] Derivative: לבה.

לַבָּה ᴵᴵ, לָבָה f.n. FW lava. [It. lava (orig. torrent, stream), from Neapolitan lave, from L. lābēs (= a fall, falling down), which is related to lābī (= to slide, slip, glide). See ‘labor’ in my CEDEL and cp. ‘lava’ ibid.]

לבה to set ablaze, inflame.
    — Pi. - לִבָּה he set ablaze, inflamed.
    — Pu. - לֻבָּה was set ablaze, was inflamed.
    — Nith. - נִתְלַבָּה (of s.m.). [Denominated from לַבָּה ᴵ.] Derivatives: לִבּוּי, מְלֻבֶּה. cp. נבה ᴵ.

לִבָּה f.n. heart (poetical) (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ezek. 16:30 in the form לִבָּתֵךְ). [A secondary form of לֵב. For the ending see first suff. ◌ָה.]

לָבוּב adj. PBH strapped up (opposite the heart). PBH 2 understanding. NH 3 heart-shaped, cordate. [From לֵב, לֵבָב.]

לִבּוּב ᴵ m.n. NH ravishing of the heart, fascination. [Verbal n. of לִבֵּב. See לבב ᴵ.]

לִבּוּב ᴵᴵ m.n. NH making cakes. [Verbal n. of לִבֵּב. See לבב ᴵᴵ.]

לָבוּד adj. PBH joined, combined. [Pass. part of לָבַד. See לבד ᴵ.]

לִבּוּד m.n. NH joining, union. [Verbal n. of לִבֵּד. See לבד ᴵ.]

לִבּוּט m.n. PBH toil, exertion, effort, trouble. [From לבט.]

לִבּוּי m.n. PBH setting ablaze, inflaming. [Verbal n. of לִבָּה. See לבה.]

לִבּוּן ᴵ m.n. PBH 1 whitening, bleaching, cleansing. PBH 2 heating. NH 3 clarification, elucidation. [Verbal n. of לִבֵּן, Pi. of לבן ᴵ.]

לִבּוּן ᴵᴵ m.n. NH making bricks. [From לבן ᴵᴵ.]

לִבּוֹנָאָה adj. PBH (in כְּתָב לִבּוֹנָאָה) one of the names of the ancient Hebrew script. [Of uncertain origin; possibly related to לְבֵנָה and lit. meaning ‘brick-like script’.]

לְבוֹנָה f.n. frankincense. [From לבן ᴵ; so called from its white color. cp. Aram.-Syr. לְבוּנְתָּא, Arab. lubān. Gk. Libanos and Libanotos (= frankincense) are Sem. loan words. Ethiop. lēbānōs is borrowed from Gk. Libanos. cp. ‘olibanum’ in my CEDEL. cp. also בֶּנְזִין.]

לַבּוֹרָטוֹרְיָה f.n. FW laboratory. [Med. L. labōrātōrium (= workshop), from L. labōrātus, p. part. of labōrāre (= to work). See ‘labor’ and subst. suff. ‘-ory’ in my CEDEL.]

לַבּוֹרַנְט m.n. FW laboratorian, laboratory assistant. [L. labōrāns, gen. - antis (= one who works), pres. part. of labōrāre. See לַבּוֹרָטוֹרְיָה. For the ending see suff. ‘-ant’ in my CEDEL.]

לָבוּשׁ adj. clothed, dressed. [Pass. part. of לבשׁ.]

לְבוּשׁ m.n. garment, clothing. [From לבשׁ. cp. Akka. lubūshu (= garment) and Ugar. lbsh (of s.m.).]

לְבִזְבֵּז m.n. PBH frame, rim. [A secondary form of לִזְבֵּז.]

לבט to thrust, trouble, vex, worry.
    — Qal - לָבַט PBH 1 he troubled, vexed, worried. MH 2 he was troubled, suffered.
    — Niph. - נִלְבַּט 1 was thrust down; NH 2 was spoiled.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּט MH 1 he afflicted, was tormented; NH 2 he troubled, vexed, worried.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּט was afflicted, was tormented.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַבֵּט he worried himself, exerted himself, toiled. [Syr. לַבֵּט (= he stirred up, incited), Arab. labaṭa (= he threw to the ground; he trampled — said of a camel), Akka. lubadṭu (= paralysis).] Derivatives: לִבּוּט, לֶבֶט, הִתְלַבְּטוּת.

לֶֽבֶט m.n. PBH toil, exertion, effort. [From לבט.]

לָבֶֽטַח adv. in safety, securely. [Formed from pref. לָ◌ (see לְ◌) and בֶּטַח (= safety, security).]

לְבִי m. & f.n. PBH secondary form of לָבִיא.

לָבִיא m.n. (pl. לְבִיאִים, also לְבָאִים) lion. [Related to Ugar. lb, Akka. labbu, labbatu (= lion), Arab. labu’a, lab’a (= lioness). Gk. leon, whence L. leō (= lion), is possibly a Sem. loan word; see ‘lion’ in my CEDEL.]

לְבִיָּא, לְבִיאָה f.n. (pl. לְבִיאוֹת, also לְבָאוֹת) lioness (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurrng Ezek. 19:2) [f. of לָבִיא.]

לְבִיבָה f.n. cake, pancake. [Related to Akka. akal libbu (= a kind of cake). Prob. derived from לֵב (= heart) and lit. meaning ‘heart-shaped cake’. cp. Syr. לֶבַּוָּתָא (= pancakes), properly pl. of לֶבָּא, hence lit. meaning ‘hearts’.] Derivative: לבב ᴵᴵ.

לָבִיד m.n. NH plywood. [From לסד ᴵ.]

לֻבְּיָה f.n. NH cowpea. [Aram. רוֹבְיָא.]

לַבִּירִינְתְּ m.n. FW labyrinth. [Gk. labyrinthos (= maze; large building with intricate passages), related to labrus (= double hatchet). See ‘labyrinth’ in my CEDEL.]

לָבִישׁ adj. NH wearable. [Coined from לבשׁ (= to put on a garment), according to the pattern פָּעִיל, which is used in NH to form adjectives denoting capability or fitness.]

לְבִישָׁה f.n. PBH putting on (a garment), wearing. [Verbal n. of לָבַשׁ. See לבשׁ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לְבַל conj. NH in order that not. [Formed from pref. לְ◌ and בַּל (= not).]

לבלב to bloom, blossom.
    — Pilp. - לִבְלֵב it bloomed, blossomed. [Prob. a Pilpel denominative from לֵב (= heart). cp. Aram. לַבְלֵב (= it bloomed, blossomed).] Derivatives: לִבְלוּב, לוּלָב.

לַבְלָב m.n. NH pancreas (anatomy). [Arab. lablāb.]

לִבְלוּב m.n. NH blooming, blossoming. [Verbal n. of לִבְלֵב. See לבלב.]

לַבְלָר m.n. PBH scribe, copyist, clerk. [Late L. libellārius (= scribe, copyist), from L. libellus, dimin. of liber (= book; orig. ‘the inner bark of a tree’, whence ‘the text written on this’, ‘collection of leaves for writing’, and finally ‘book’). L. liber prob. stands for luber and is a derivative of IE base leu-b(h)-, leu-p- (= to strip, to peel). See ‘leaf’ in my CEDEL and cp. ‘library’ ibid. cp. also לִבְרִית, לִיבְּרֶטוֹ.] Derivatives: לבלר, לַבְלָרוּת.

לבלר to clerk.
    — Pi. - לִבְלֵר he clerked. [Denominated from לַבְלָר.]

לַבְלָרוּת f.n. NH clerkship. [Formed from לַבְלָר with suff. ◌וּת.]

לבן ᴵ to be white.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּן PBH 1 he made white, whitened, bleached; PBH 2 he cleansed, purified; PBH 3 he made white-hot; MH 4 he clarified.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּן PBH 1 was made white, was whitened, was bleached; PBH 2 was made white-hot; 3 was clarified.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַבֵּן PBH 1 became white; PBH 2 was made white-hot; 3 became purified.
    — Hiph. - הִלְבִּין became white, was whitened; PBH 2 he made white, whitened; PBH 3 he clarified.
    — Hoph. - הֻלְבַּן became white, was whitened. [Ugar. ibn (= white), Arab. laban (= milk; mostly in the sense of ‘sour milk’), labana (= was white). cp. ‘leban’ in my CEDEL.] Derivatives: לָבָן, לֹבֶן, לַבָּן ᴵ, לֶבֶּן, לִבְנֶה, לְבָנָה, לַבְנוּן, לַבְנוּנִית, לַבְנִין, לְבָנִים, לַבְנִית, הַלְבָּנָה, הִתְלַבְּנוּת.

לבן ᴵᴵ to make bricks.
    — Qal - לָבַן he made bricks. [Denominated from לְבֵנָה (= brick). cp. Arab. labbana (= he made bricks), from labina (= brick), and Akka. labānu (= to make bricks), from libittu (= brick).] Derivative: לִבּוּן ᴵᴵ.

לָבָן adj. white. [From לבן ᴵ. cp. לְבָנָה.] Derivatives: לְבַנְבַּן, לַבְנוּן ᴵ, לַבְנוּת, לַבְנִיּוּת, לַבְנִין, לַבְנִינוּת, לְבָנִית.

לֹֽבֶן m.n. PBH whiteness. [From לבן ᴵ.]

לַבָּן ᴵ m.n. MH laundryman. [Formed from לִבֵּן according to the pattern פַּעָל, which serves to form nomina opificum. cp. לַבָּן ᴵᴵ.]

לַבָּן ᴵᴵ m.n. NH brickmaker. [Formed from לְבֵנָה (= brick), according to the pattern פַּעָל, which serves to form nomina opificum. cp. לַבָּן ᴵ.]

לֶֽבֶן, לֶֽבֶּן m.n. NH leban (coagulated sour milk). [A loan word from Arab. laban. See לבן ᴵ.]

לְבַנְבַּן adj. NH whitish. [Formed from לָבָן (= white), on the analogy of יְרַקְרַק (= greenish) from יָרֹק (= green), and אֲדַמְדַּם (= reddish) from אָדֹם (= red).] Derivative: לְבַנְבַּנּוּת.

לְבַנְבַּנּוּת f.n. NH whitishness. [Formed from לְבַנְבָּן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לִבְנֶה m.n. (pl. לִבְנִים) Styrax, birch. [Related to Arab. lubnā, Ethiop. leben (of s.m.). These words prob. derive from לבן ᴵ and lit. mean. ‘the white tree’. cp. Eng. birch, lit. ‘the white tree’ (see ‘birch’ in my CEDEL).]

לְבֵנָה f.n. (pl. לְבֵנִים) 1 לְבֵנָה brick, tile. PBH 2 line (in a verse). [Related to Aram. לְבֵנְתָּא, Syr. לְבֶתָּא, Arab. labiana, Ugar. lbnt, Akka. libittu. For the ending see first suff. ◌ָה.] Derivatives: לַבָּן ᴵᴵ, לְבֵנִית, מַלְבֵּן, מִלְבָּנָה.

לְבָנָה f.n. moon. [Lit. ‘the white one’. Properly subst. use of the f. of לָבָן.]

לַבְנוּן ᴵ, לַבְנוּנִי adj. NH resp. MH whitish. [Formed from לָבָן through reduplication of the third radical.] Derivatives: לַבְנוּנִיּוּת, לַבְנוּנִית.

לַבְנוּן ᴵᴵ m.n. bleak (a small fish of the carp family; lit. ‘white fish’). [Contraction of לָבָן (= white) and Aram. נוּן (= fish). See לָבָן and נוּן (name of a letter).]

לַבְנוּנִיּוּת f.n. NH whitishness. [Formed from לַבְנוּנִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לַבְנוּנִית f.n. PBH 1 whiteness. 2 Diotis (a genus of plants). [Formed from לַבְנוּנִי with dimin. suff. ◌ִית.]

לַבְנוּת f.n. PBH whiteness. [Formed from לָבָן with suff. ◌וּת. cp. לַבְנוּנִית.]

לֶבֶּנִיָּה f.n. NH soured milk. [From Arab. labbaniyya (of s.m.).]

לַבְנִיּוּת f.n. MH whiteness. [Formed from לָבָן with suff. ◌ִיּוּת.]

לְבָנִים m.n. pl. 1 white garments. 2 linen, underwear. [Subst. use of the m. pl. of the adj. לָבָן.]

לַבְנִין m.n. NH cabbage butterfly. [Formed from לָבָן through reduplication of the third radical; so called from its white wings.]

לַבְנִינוּת f.n. MH whiteness. [Formed with suff. ◌וּת from לָבָן through reduplication of the third radical.]

לִבְנִית f.n. NH the white of the eye. [Formed from לָבָן with dimin. suff. ◌ִית.]

לְבֵנִית f.n. NH small brick, briquette. [Formed from לְבֵנָה with dimin. suff. ◌ִית.]

לַבְקָן adj. PBH albino. [From Gk. leukoion, neut. of leukos (= white), which is cogn. with Old Eng. lēoht (= light). See ‘light’ in my CEDEL.] Derivative: לַבְקָנוּת.

לַבְקָנוּת f.n. NH albinism. [Formed from לַבְקָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לִבְרִית f.n. NH (pl. לִבְרִיּוֹת) libretto. [Hebraization of It. libretto (lit. ‘a little book’), dimin. of libro (= book), from L. liber. See לַבְלָר and cp. לִיבְּרֶטּוֹ.]

לבשׁ to put on (a garment), wear; to clothe, dress.
    — Qal - לָבַשׁ he put on (a garment), clothed himself, was clothed.
    — Niph. - נִלְבַּשׁ was put on, was worn.
    — Pi. - לִבֵּשׁ he wrapped, covered.
    — Pu. - לֻבַּשׁ was clothed, was dressed (in the Bible occurring only in the part.).
    — Hith. - הִתְלַבֵּשׁ he clothed himself, dressed himself.
    — Hiph. - הִלְבִּישׁ he clothed, dressed, arrayed with.
    — Hoph. - הֻלְבַּשׁ was clothed, was dressed, was arrayed. [Aram. לְבֵישׁ, Syr. לְבֵשׁ (= he put on a garment), Ugar. lbsh (= clothed himself), Arab. labisa, Ethiop. labsa (= he put on a garment, clothed himself), Akka. labāshu (= to put on a garment, clothed himself).] Derivatives: לָבוּשׁ, לְבוּשׁ, לֽבִישָׁה, הַלְבָּשָׁה, הִתְלַבְּשׁוּת, מַלְבּוּשׁ, מֻלְבָּשׁ, מְלֻבָּשׁ, תִּלְבּשֶׁת.

לֹג m.n. (pl. לֻגִּים) log (a liquid measure). [Related to Ugar. lg (= a liquid measure), Aram. לֻגָּא, Syr. לַגָּא, לַגְּתָא (= ‘dish’), and prob. also to Arab. lajja (= was deep), lajj (= depth, abyss), Akka. lignu (= vase, vessel). cp. לָגִין.

לְגַבֵּי prep. PBH regarding, concerning, about. [See גַּב.]

לָגוּנָה f.n. FW lagoon. [It. laguna, from L. lacūna (= ditch, pit, pool, pond, hole, hollow, cavity), dimin. of lacus (= basin, tank, tub, lake). See ‘lake’ (pool) in my CEDEL, and cp. ‘lagoon’ ibid.]

לגז to stack (with the pitchfork).
    — Qal - לָגַז he stacked (with the pitchfork).
    — Niph. - נִלֽגַּז was stacked (with the pitchfork).] [Prob. related to Arab. lajadha (= he licked) and to זלג ᴵᴵ, base of מַזְלֵג (= fork).] Derivatives: לְגִיזָה, מַלְגֵּז.

לֶגָטוֹ adv. FW legato (music). [It. legato (= bound, tied), p. part. of legāre, from L. ligāre (= to bind, tie). See ‘ligament’ in my CEDEL.]

לִגְיוֹן m.n. PBH (pl. לִגְיוֹנוֹת) legion. [L. legio, gen. legiōnis (= legion), from legere (= to gather, collect, pick out; to read, properly ‘to choose words’), from IE base leḡ- (= to pick together, gather, collect), whence also Gk. legein (= to pick out, choose; to say, tell, speak, declare), legis (= speech, diction), logos (= word, speech, thought, account, discussion). cp. לֶגִיטִימִי, לֶגָלִי, לֶגֶנְדָּה, לֶקְטוֹר, לֶקְסִיקָה, לֶקְסִיקוֹן, לוֹגוֹס (and words there referred to), אִינְטֶלִיגֶנְטִי, אִינְטֶלִיגֶנְצְיָה, אֶלֶגַנְטִי, אִינְטֶלֶקְט, אֲנָלוֹגְיָה, אַנְתוֹלוֹגְיָה, אַפּוֹלוֹגְיָה, אֶפִּילוֹג, אֶקְלֶקְטִי, דִּילִיזַ׳נְס, לֶקְטוֹר, לֶקְסִיקָה, לֶקְסִיקוֹן, מוֹנוֹלוֹג, סֶלֶקְצְיָה, קוֹלֶג׳, קוֹלֶקְטִיבִי, קָטָלוֹג.]

לְגִיזָה f.n. NH stacking (with the pitch-fork). [Verbal n. of לָגַז. See לגז and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לֶגִיטִימִי adj. FW legitimate. [Med. L. lēgitimātus, p. part. of lēgitimāre (= to legitimate), from L. legitimus (= lawful), from lēx, gen. lēgis (= law), which is prob. related to legere in the sense of ‘to gather’, and orig. meant ‘collection’. See לִגְיוֹן and cp. לֶגָלִי. For the ending of לֶגִיטִימִי see suff. ◌ִי.] Derivatives: לֶגִיטִימִיּוּת, לֶגִיטִימִסְט.

לֶגִיטִימִיּוּת f.n. FW legitimacy. [Formed from לֶגִיטִימִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לֶגִיטִימִיסְט m.n. FW legitimist. [Formed from לֶגִיטִימִי with suff. ◌ִיסְט.]

לְגִימָה f.n. PBH draft, quaffing, taking a draught (draft). [From לֹגֶם.]

לָגִין m.n. PBH bottle, jug, vessel. [Aram.-Syr. לָגֵינָא, of s.m., formed from Heb. לֹג (q.v.), to which the suff. ◌ִינָא was added. Gk. laginos (= flask, flagon) is a Sem. loan word.]

לגלג to mock, deride, scoff.
    — Pilp. - לִגְלֵג he mocked, derided, scoffed. [Formed from לעג (= to mock, deride), through the elision of the ע and reduplication of the first and third radical. cp. Syr. לִגְלֵג, Arab. lajlaja (= he stammered, stuttered). cp. also גלג.] Derivatives: לַגְלְגָן, לִגְלוּג.

לַגְלְגָן m.n. NH mocker, derider, scoffer. [Formed from לגלג with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivatives: לַגְלְגָנוּת, לַגְלֽגָנִי.

לַגְלְגָנוּת f.n. NH mockery, sneer, derision. [Formed from לַגְלְגָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לַגְלְגָנִי adj. NH mocking, scoffing, derisive. [Formed from לַגְלְגָן with suff. ◌ִי.]

לִגְלוּג m.n. PBH 1 stammering. NH 2 mockery, sneer, derision. [Verbal n. of לִגְלֵג. See לגלג.]

לֶגָלִי adj. FW legal. [L. lēgālis (= legal), from lēx, gen. lēgis (= law). See לֶגִיטִימִי and suff. ◌ִי and cp. לוֹיָאלִי.] Derivative: לֶגָלִיּוּת.

לֶגָלִיּוּת f.n. FW legality. [Formed from לֶגָלִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לֹֽגֶם m.n. PBH (dual לֻגְמַיִם) mouthful, sip. [Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a loan word from Gk. lygmos (= swallowing).] Derivatives: לגם, לְגִימָה. cp. לֻגֽמָא.

לגם to swallow, sip.
    — Qal - לָגַם he swallowed, sipped.
    — Niph. - נִלְגַּם was swallowed, was sipped. [Denominated from לֹגֶם.]

לֻגְמָא, לֻגְמָה f.n. PBH mouthful (occurring in the phrase מְלֹא לֻגְמָא, ‘a mouthful’). [Related to לֹגֶם.]

לְגַמְרֵי adv. entirely, completely. [Aram., from גְּמַר (= he completed), which is related to Heb. גָּמַר. cp. Syr. לַגְמַר (= entirely, completely), and see גמר and pref. לֽ◌.]

לֶגֶנְדָּה f.n. FW legend. [Med. L. legenda (= a thing to be read), from L. legenda, f. of legendus (= to be read), gerundive of legere (= to read). See לִגֽיוֹן.]

לִגְנָה f.n. PBH (pl. לִגְנִים) strip of field, furrow. [Prob. from Gk. legna (= a measure of length).]

לְגַרְמֵהּ MH name of a disjunctive accent. It has the form of a vertical line placed between two words. [Aram., lit. ‘(standing) by itself’. Formed from pref. לֽ◌ and גַּרְמָא (= alone; itself). See גֶּרֶם.]

לֵדָה f.n. birth. [Properly substantive use of the inf. of יָלַד (= he begot), יָלְדָה (= she bore). Related to Akka. littu (= child), whence talittu (= descendant, offspring). See ילד. cp. the n. שֵׁנָה (= sleep) which is properly inf. of יָשֵׁן (= he slept), to which it stands as לֵדָה stands to יָלַד.]

לְדִידִי pron. PBH as for me. [Formed from דִּי (= who, which, that; of, about) with pref. לְ◌. See דִּי.]

לָדִינוֹ m.n. NH Ladino (Spanish mixed with Heb., Arab. and other elements, spoken by the Sephardic Jews). [Sp. Ladino (= sagacious, cunning, crafty), orig. Latin, from L. Latinus (= Latin).]

לֶֽדֶת verbal n. of יָלַד. See ילד.

לָהּ pers. pron. to her. [Formed from לְ◌ with suff. ◌ָהּ.]

לְהָאָה f.n. MH uvula (anatomy). [Arab. lahā.]

להב to flame.
    — Qal - לָהַב it glittered, burned.
    — Niph. - נִלְהַב MH 1 was set on fire, was inflamed; NH 2 became enthusiastic.
    — Pi. - לִהֵב he set on fire, inflamed.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַהֵב MH 1 was kindled, was inflamed; NH 2 became enthusiastic.
    — Hiph. - הִלְהִיב MH 1 he set on fire, inflamed; NH 2 he aroused enthusiasm.
    — Hoph. - הֻלְהַב was inspired, was fired with enthusiasm.
    — Shiph. - שִׁלְהֵב 1 he kindled, inflamed, set ablaze; 2 he excited.
    — Shuph. - שֻׁלְהַב 1 was kindled, was inflamed, was set ablaze; 2 was excited.
    — Hish. - הִשְׁתַּלְהֵב (of s.m.). [Arab. lahiba (= it flamed, burned, blazed), Ethiop. lahaba (of s.m.), Aram. שַׁלְהֵב (= he kindled), Akka. la’bu, li’bur (= flame). Base of לַהַב, לֶהָבָה. cp. שַׁלְהֶבֶת. cp. also תַּלְאוּבָה.] Derivatives: לָהוּב, לִהוּב, לָהִיב, הַלְהָבָה, הִתְלַהֲבוּת, נִלְהָב, שִׁלְהוּב, הִשְׁתַּלְהֲבוּת, מְשֻׁלְהָב.

לַֽהַב m.n. 1 flame. 2 blade of a sword or knife. [From להב. cp. Aram. לַהֲבָה, Arab. lahab, lahīb, luhāb (= flame). cp. also the first element in לְהַבְיוֹר.] Derivative: להב.

לְהַבָּא adv. PBH in the future. [Formed from pref. לְ◌, the art. הַ◌ and בָּא, part. of בּוֹא (= to come). See בוא.]

לְהַבְדִּיל inf. & adv. NH 1 to distinguish. MH 2 not to be mentioned together. [Inf. of הִבְדִּיל (= he set apart, distinguished), Hiph. of בָּדַל (= he separated). See בדל.]

לֶהָבָה f.n. 1 flame. 2 blade of a sword or knife. [From להב.] Derivatives: לֶהָבִית, לַהֶבֶת.

לְהַבְיוֹר m.n. flame-thrower. [Contraction of לַהַב (= flame), and יוֹרֶה (= thrower), part. of יָרָה. See ירה ᴵ and cp. יוֹרֶה ᴵᴵ.]

לֶהָבִית f.n. NH flamelet, flammule. [Formed from לֶהָבָה with dimin. suff. ◌ִית.]

לַהֶֽבֶת f.n. MH flame. [A secondary form of לֶהָבָה.]

לַֽהַג m.n. 1 study, meditation (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Eccles. 12:12). 2 (according to another explanation) prattle, idle talk. [Related to Arab. lahija (= he was devoted to something, applied himself to something).] Derivative: להג.

להג to express, pronounce.
    — Qal - לָהַג MH 1 he expressed, pronounced. NH 2 he talked nonsense, prattled.
    — Pi. - לִהֵג (of s.m.). [Denominated from לַהַג.] Derivatives: לַהֲגָן, לִהוּג, לְהִיגָה.

לַהֲגָן m.n. NH prattler. [Formed from להג with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivatives: לַהֲגָנוּת, לַהֲגָנִי.

לַהֲגָנוּת f.n. NH prattle, idle talk. [Formed from לַהֲגָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לַהֲגָנִי adj. NH talkative, loquacious. [Formed from לַהֲגָן with suff. ◌ִי.]

לַהֲדַ״ם abbr. NH it is absolutely untrue, it is completely false. [Formed from the initials of the words לֹא הָיוּ דְּבָרִים מֵעוֹלָם (= it never was so, it is nothing of the kind).]

להה to languish, faint, be tired.
    — Qal - לָהָה he languished, fainted, was tired (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Gen. 47:13 in the form וַתֵּלַהּ). [Related to base לאה.] Derivative: לֵהֶה.

לֵהֶה adj. NH tired, weary, exhausted. [Coined by the Hebrew poet H.N. Bialik (1873–1934) from להה.]

לָהוּב adj. MH 1 flaming, glowing. NH 2 burning. NH 3 enthusiastic. [Pass. part. of לָהַב. See להב.]

לִהוּב m.n. MH 1 flaming. NH 2 enthusiasm. [Verbal n. of לִהֵב, Pi. of להב.]

לִהוּג m.n. NH prattle, idle talk. [Verbal n. of לִהֵג, Pi. of להג.]

לָהוּט adj. PBH eager, zealous, enthusiastic. [Pass. part. of לָהַט. See להט.]

לִהוּט m.n. MH flaming, burning. [Verbal n. of לִהֵט, Pi. of להט.]

לָהוּק adj. MH gathered together, assembled. [Pass. part. of לָהַק. See להק.]

לִהוּק m.n. NH 1 gathering a group or band. MH 2 coupling, matching. [Verbal n. of לִהֵק, Pi. of להק.]

להט to blaze up, flame.
    — Qal - לָהַט intr. V. it blazed up, flamed.
    — Pi. - לִהֵט it set ablaze, consumed.
    — Pu. - לֹהַט was set ablaze, was consumed.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַהֵט PBH 1 was inflamed; NH 2 was inspired with enthusiasm, was excited.
    — Hiph. - הִלְהִיט he inspired with enthusiasm. [Aram. לְהַט (= he burned, consumed by fire), Syr. אֶתְלְהֵט (= was set on fire, burned), Akka. la’ātu (= to consume — said of fire), Arab. lahaṭa (= he devoured greedily). Related to base לעט.] Derivatives: לָהוּט, לִהוּט, לַהַט ᴵ, לָהִיט, לְהִיטָה, לְהִיטוּת, לוֹהֵט, הִתְלַהֲטוּת, מְלֻהָט.

לַֽהַט ᴵ m.n. MH 1 flame. 2 glittering blade. [From להט.]

לַֽהַט ᴵᴵ m.n. enchantment, magic (in the Bible used only in the pl. לְהָטִים, q.v.).

לַהֲטוּט m.n. NH jugglery, trickery. [Formed from לַהַט ᴵᴵ through reduplication of the third radical.] Derivatives: לַהֲטוּטָן, לַהְטוּטָד.

לַהֲטוּטָן m.n. NH juggler, trickster. [Formed from לַהֲטוּט with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivative: לַהֲטוּטָנוּת.

לַהֲטוּטָנוּת f.n. NH jugglery. [Formed from לַהֲטוּטָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לַהֲטוּטָר m.n. NH juggler, trickster. [A collateral form of לַהֲטוּטָן. Formed from לַהֲטוּט with suff. ◌ָר.]

להטט to juggle.
    — Pil. - לִהֲטֵט he juggled. [Back formation from לַהֲטוּט.]

לְהָטִים m.n. enchantment, magic mysteries (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ex. 7:11 in the form בְּלַהֲטֵיהֶם, ‘with their enchantments’). [A secondary form of לָטִים. See לָט.]

לָהִיב adj. NH inflammable, ignitable. [Coined from להב (= to flame), according to the pattern פָּעִיל, which is used in NH to form adjectives denoting capability or fitness.]

לְהִיבָה f.n. NH burning. [Verbal n. of לָהַב. See להב and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לְהִיגָה f.n. MH 1 expression, pronunciation. NH 2 prattle, idle talk. [Verbal n. of לָהַג. See להג and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לָהִיט m.n. NH popular song, ‘hit’. [Verbal n. of לָהַט; see להט.]

לְהִיטָה f.n. MH 1 ardor, eagerness, zeal. NH 2 burning. [Verbal n. of לָהַט. See להט and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לְהִיטוּת f.n. NH ardor, eagerness, zeal. [Formed from לָהוּט with suff. ◌וּת.]

להלה to confuse, drive crazy.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַהְלַהּ he played the madman (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Pr. 26:18 in the part. מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ). [Syr. מְלַהְלַהּ (= confused, crazy).]

לְהַלָּן adv. PBH there, farther, further, afterward. [Related to הָלְאָה.]

להם to strike (?), to swallow (?).
    — Hith. - הִתְלַהֵם meaning either ‘to strike each other’, or ‘to be swallowed greedily’ (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Pr. 18:8 in the phrase דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִתְלַהֲמִים, which is rendered either by ‘the words of a whisperer are as blows’ or by ‘the words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels’).] [A base of uncertain meaning. Some scholars see in it the metathesis of base הלם (= to strike). According to others Heb. להם is identical in meaning to Arab. lahima (= he swallowed greedily).] Derivative: הִתְלַהֲמוּת.

לָהֶם inflected pers. pron. meaning ‘to them’ (m.). [Formed from לְ◌ with suff. ◌הֶם.]

לָהֶן inflected pers. pron. meaning ‘to them’ (f.). [Formed from לְ◌ with suff. ◌הֶן.]

לַֽהַק m.n. MH 1 group, band. NH 2 squadron. [From לַהֲקָה.]

להק to gather together, assemble.
    — Pi. - לִהֵק he gathered together, assembled.
    — Pu. - לֻהַק was gathered together, was assembled.
    — Nith. - נִתְלַהֵק gathered together (intr. v.), assembled (intr. v.). [From לַהֲקָה.] Derivatives: לָהוּק, לִהוּק.

לַהֲקָה f.n. 1 group, band, company. NH 2 troupe, ensemble (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Sam. I 19:20 in the phrase לַהֲקַת הַנְּבִיאִים, ‘company of the prophets’). [Perhaps metathesis of קְהִלָּה.] Derivatives: להק, לַהַק.

לְהִתְרָאוֹת NH to see you again! So long! [Inf. of הִתְרָאָה, Hith. of ראה (= to see).]

לוֹ inflected pers. pron. meaning ‘to him’. [Formed from לְ◌ with suff. ◌וֹ.]

לוּ, לוּא adv. Would that! Oh that! if only! [Related to Arab. lau (= if), Aram. לְוַאי, לְוַי (= Would that! Oh that! if only!), Aram. אִלּוּ, Syr. אֶלּוּ, Akka. lū (= if). See אִלּוּ and cp. לְוַאי (adv.) and first element in לוּלֵא, לוּלֵי. cp. also אַחֲלַי.]

לוּא see לוּ.

לְוַאי ᴵ, לְוַי ᴵ adv. Would that! Oh that! if only! [Aram.-Syr. לְוַי. See לוּ and cp. הַלְוַאי.]

לְוַאי ᴵᴵ, לְוַי ᴵᴵ m.n. PBH 1 accompaniment. 2 auxiliary, subsidiary. 3 surname, epithet, attribute. [From לוה ᴵᴵ.]

לַוַּאי m.n. NH accompanist. [From לוה ᴵᴵ.]

לְוָאִי adj. NH attributive. [Formed from לְוַאי ᴵᴵ with suff. ◌ִי.]

לוֹגוֹס m.n. FW logos. [Gk. logos (= word, speech; word that expresses the inward thought; the thought itself; tale, story; maxim, proverb, narrative, prose; ratio, reason; relation, proportion, analogy, calculation, account; discussion, deliberation, dialogue), from legein (= to pick up, choose; to speak, declare, properly ‘to choose words’), which is cogn. with L. legere (= to gather, collect; to read). See לִגְיוֹן and cp. פּֽרוֹלוֹג.] Derivatives: לוֹגִי, לוֹגִיסֽטִיקָה ᴵ, לוֹגִיקָה. cp. the first element in לוֹגָרִיתְם and the second element in סִילוֹגִיזֽם.

לוֹגִי adj. FW logical. [Back formation from Gk. logikos. See לוֹגִיקָה.] Derivative: לוֹגִיּוּת.

◌לוֹגְיָה combining form - logy as in בִּיּוֹלוֹגְיָה (= biology), גֵיאוֹלוֹגֽיָה (= geology). [Gk. - logia, from logos (= one who speaks in a certain manner, one who deals with a certain topic), from legein (= to pick up, choose; to speak, declare). See לוֹגוֹס.]

לוֹגִיּוּת f.n. FW logicalness, logicality. [Formed from לוֹגִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לוֹגִיסְטִיקָה ᴵ f.n. FW logistic, the art or science of calculation. [Gk. logistike, short for logistike techne (= the art of calculation). Logistike is f. of logistikos (= skilled in calculation, skilled in reasoning), from logigesdai (= to calculate, reason), from logos (= word, speech, reason; calculation). See לוֹגוֹס.]

לוֹגִיסְטִיקָה ᴵᴵ f.n. FW logistics, the art of transporting, quartering and supplying troops. [Fren. logistique (short for l’art logistique), a hybrid coined from Fren. logis (= a lodging), from loger (= to lodge), loger des soldats (= to quarter soldiers), from loge (= hut, cabin, lodge), and the Greek suff. - istikos. See ‘lodge’ and ‘-istic’ in my CEDEL.]

לוֹגִיקָה f.n. FW logic. [Gk. logike, short for logike techne (= logic art), i.e. ‘the art of speaking and reasoning’. Logike is f. of logikos (= pertaining to speaking or reasoning, logical), from logos (= word, speech, thought). See לוֹגוֹס.]

לוֹגָרִיתְם m.n. FW logarithm (mathematics). [From Modern L. logarithmus, lit. ‘ratio-number’ — a word coined by the Scottish mathematician John Napier in 1614 from Gk. logos (= word, ratio), and arithmos (= number). See לוֹגוֹס and אֲרִיתְמֵטִיקָה.]

לוּדָר f.n. FW gladiator. [Together with Syr. לוּדָרָא borrowed from L. lūdārius, lūdius (= gladiator), from lūdus (= play, game, sport, pastime), from Old L. loidos, which is related to lūdere (= to play, sport, frolic), and cogn. with Gk. ligein (= to play), loidoros (= abusing, insulting), loidorein (= to abuse, insult). [For sense development cp. Ger. Schimpf (= joke, amusement), whence Ger. Schimpf (= disgrace, insult).]

לוה ᴵ to borrow.
    — Qal - לָוָה he borrowed.
    — Niph. - נִלְוָה was borrowed.
    — Hiph. - הִלְוָה he lent (lit. ‘he caused to borrow’).
    — Hoph. - הֻלְוָה was lent. [Arab. lawā (= he delayed payment of debt).] Derivatives: לווֶֹה, הַלְוָאָה, מַלְוֶה, מִלְוָה, מִלְוֶה.

לוה ᴵᴵ to join.
    — Qal - לָוָה he accompanied, escorted.
    — Niph. - נִלְוָה he joined himself to, was joined to.
    — Pi. - לִוָּה he accompanied, escorted.
    — Pu. - לֻוָּה was accompanied, was escorted.
    — Nith. - נִתְלַוָּה he accompanied, escorted. [Aram.-Syr. לְוָא (= he accompanied). Usually connected with לוה ᴵᴵᴵ. According to some scholars, however, related to Arab. waliya (= he was near). For the differentiation of the Heb.-Aram. and Arab. stem by metathesis cp. חוה and צוה.] Derivatives: לַוַּאי, לְוַאי ᴵᴵ, לִוּוּי, לֵוִי, לְוָיָה, לַוְיָן, הַלְוָיָה, מְלַוֶּה, מְלֻוֶּה, נִלְוֶה.

לוה ᴵᴵᴵ to wind, turn, twist. [Arab. lawā (= he wound, turned, twisted), Akka. lamū, lawā (= to surround, encircle). Base of לִוְיָה ᴵ, לוֹיָה, לִוְיָתָן.]

לוֹהֵט adj. burning. [Act. part. of לָהַט. See להט.]

לווֶֹה, לוֶֹה m.n. borrower, debtor. [Subst. use of the act. part. of לָוָה. See לוה ᴵ and cp. מַלְוֶה.]

לִוְּוּחַ m.n. NH 1 plating, planking. 2 tabulation. [Verbal n. of לִוַּח. See לוח.]

לִוּוּי m.n. MH accompaniment, escort. [Verbal n. of לִוָּה, Pi. of לוה ᴵᴵ.]

לוּז m.n. 1 almond tree. 2 (according to another view) hazelnut. (A hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Gen. 30:37.) [Related to Aram.-Syr. לוּזָא (= almond). Arab. lauz and Ethiop. lawz (= almond) are Aram. loan words.]

לוז ᴵ to turn aside.
    — Qal - לָז he turned aside, departed.
    — Niph. - נָלוֹז was devious, was crooked.
    — Hiph. - הִלִּיז he turned aside, departed. [Arab. lādha (= he turned aside).] Derivatives: לָזוּת, נָלוֹז.

לוז ᴵᴵ to speak evil, slander.
    — Hiph. - הִלִּיז he spoke evil of, slandered. [Prob. derived from לעז ᴵᴵ.] Derivatives: לוּזָה, לִיזָה.

לוּזָה f.n. PBH slander. [Formed from לוז ᴵᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

לֽוּחַ m.n. (pl. לוּחוֹת, also לְוָחִים) 1 table, tablet. NH 2 calendar. NH 3 blackboard. [Related to Aram.-Syr. לוּחָא, Ugar. lḥ, Arab. lauḥ, Ethiop. lauḥ, Akka. lē’u (= table, tablet).] Derivatives: לוח, לוּחִית.

לוח to plate, plank; to tabulate.
    — Pi. - לִוַּח 1 he plated, planked; 2 he tabulated.
    — Pu. - לֻוַּח 1 was plated, was planked; 2 was tabulated. [From לוּחַ.] Derivatives: לִוּוּחַ, מְלֻוָּח.

לוּחִית f.n. NH a small tablet, plate. (In the Bible the word לוּחִית occurs only as the name of a place in Moab.) [Formed from לוּתַ with suff. ◌ִת.]

לוֹחֵם m.n. fighter, warrior. [Subst. use of the act. part. of לָחַם. See לחם.] Derivative: לוֹחֲמוּת.

לוֹחֲמוּת f.n. NH warfare, belligerency. [Formed from לוֹחֵם with suff. ◌וּת.]

לוֹחֵשׁ adj. PBH whispering. [Part. of לָחַשׁ. See לחשׁ.] Derivative: לוֹחֲשָׁנִי.

לוֹחֲשָׁנִי adj. NH whispering. [Formed from לוֹחֵשׁ with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

לוט to cover, wrap up, envelop.
    — Qal - לָט he covered, wrapped up, enveloped.
    — Hiph. - הֵלִיט (s.m.)
    — Hoph. - הוּלַט was covered, was wrapped, was enveloped. [Arab. lāṭa (= it cleaved; stuck; he made to stick), Akka. liṭu (= curtain).] Derivatives: לוֹט ᴵ, לוּט, לָט ᴵ, לָט ᴵᴵ. cp. לאט ᴵ.

לוֹט ᴵ m.n. covering (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 25:7 in the phrase פְּנֵי הַלּוֹט הַלּוֹט עַל־כָּל הָעַמִּים ‘the surface of covering which covers all the people’).

לוֹט ᴵᴵ, לֹט m.n. ladanum (occurring only in Gen. 37:25 and 43:11). [Prob. related to Akka. ladunu, Arab. lādan (= ladanum). Pers. lādan is an Arab. loan word. Gk. ledon (= rockrose), whence ladanon (= labdanum) is a Sem. loan word. cp. לוֹטוּס.]

לוּט 1 enclosed, enveloped. NH 2 enclosure. [Pass. part. of לוּט. See לוט.]

לוֹטוֹ m.n. FW lotto (game). [From It. lotto (= lot, portion, share), which is a Teutonic loan word. See ‘lot’ in my CEDEL.]

לוֹטוּס m.n. lotus. [L. lōtus, from Gk. lotos, name of various plants, from Heb. לוֹט (= ladanum). See לוֹט ᴵᴵ and cp. the second element in אֲחִילוֹטוּס.]

לֵוִי m.n. 1 ‘Levi’ — son of Jacob and Leah (see Gen. 29:34). 2 a ‘Levite’. [Lit. ‘joining’, from לוה ᴵᴵ.] Derivative: לְוִיָּה.

לְוַי see לְוַאי ᴵ.

לוֹיָאלִי adj. FW loyal. [Fren. loyal, from Old Fren. loial, leial, from L. lēgālis (= pertaining to the law, legal), from lēx, gen. lēgis (= law). See לֶגִיטִימִי and suff. ◌ִי and cp. לֶגָלִי.]

לִוְיָה ᴵ f.n. wreath, garland, chaplet. [Formed from לוה ᴵᴵᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה.] Derivative: לִוְיָתָן.

לִוְיָה ᴵᴵ f.n. PBH cry of woe. [Of uncertain origin.]

לְוָיָה f.n. PBH 1 accompaniment, escort, retinue. 2 funeral. [Verbal n. of לָוָה (= he accompanied, escorted). See לוה ᴵᴵ and its suff. ◌ָה.]

לְוִיָּה f.n. PBH 1 daughter or wife of a Levite. 2 the status of the Levites. [f. formed from לֵוִי.]

לוֹיָה, ליָֹה a word prob. meaning ‘wreath’ (in the Bible occurring only Kin. I 7:29 and 36). [Prob. derived from לוה ᴵᴵᴵ.]

לַוְיָן m.n. NH satellite, sputnik. [Formed from לוה ᴵᴵ with agential suff. ◌ָן. Properly loan translation of Russian sputnik (= lit. ‘traveling companion’). See ‘sputnik’ in my CEDEL.]

לָוִינָה f.n. FW avalanche. [Ger. Lawine, from Late L. lābīna (= sliding earthfall), from L. lābī (= to slide, slip, glide), which derives from IE base lāb-, lēb- (= slack, loose; to hang down). See ‘labor’ in my CEDEL.]

לִוְיָתָן m.n. 1 serpent, dragon, ‘leviathan’. NH 2 whale. [Lit. meaning ‘tortuous’. Formed from לִוְיָה ᴵ with suff. ◌ָן. cp. Ugar. ltn (= a mythical animal).]

לוֹכְסָן adv. PBH athwart, crosswise; diagonally. [Gk. loxon, neuter of loxos (= slanting, crosswise, oblique). See ‘lekane’ in my CEDEL and cp. אֲלַכְסוֹן.] Derivatives: לוֹכְסָנִי, לכסן.

לוֹכְסָנִי adj. NH oblique. [Formed from לוֹכְסָן with suff. ◌ִי.]

לוּל ᴵ m.n. spiral staircase (a hapax legomenon, occurring Kin. I 6:8). [Of uncertain etymology. Perhaps derived from לולו, an enlargement of base לוה ᴵᴵᴵ (= to turn, twist, wind). cp. לוּל ᴵᴵ, לוּלָאָה.] Derivative: לוּלְיָנִי.

לוּל ᴵᴵ m.n. PBH 1 hen-roost. NH 2 playpen. [Prob. derived from לוּל ᴵ.] Derivative: לוּלָן.

לוּלֵא, לוּלֵי conj. if not, were it not, unless. [Formed with change of ū-ō to ū-ē (vowel dissimilation) from לוּלֹא, a compound of לוּ (= would that), and לֹא (= not). For a similar vowel dissimilation cp. אִלּוּלֵא.]

לוּלָאָה, לֻלָאָה f.n. loop, tie. [Perhaps derived from לולו, an enlargement of base לוה ᴵᴵᴵ (= to turn, twist, wind). See שׁלל ᴵV.]

לוּלָב m.n. PBH branch, esp. palm branch, ‘lulab’ — palm branch used for the festive wreath during ‘Sukkoth’ (Jewish religion). [Dissimilated from לֻבְלַב, from לבלב (= to bloom, blossom).]

לוֹלָב m.n. PBH bolt. [Related to Arab. laulab (= screw; spiral).] Derivatives: לוֹלָבִי, לוֹלָבִית.

לוֹלָבִי adj. NH spiral. [Formed from לוֹלָב with suff. ◌ִי.]

לוֹלָבִית f.n. NH a small bolt. [Formed from לוֹלָב with dimin. suff. ◌ִית.]

לוּלֵי see לוּלֵא.

לוּלְיוֹן see לוּלְיָן.

לוּלְיָן m.n. NH (PBH לוּלְיוֹן) acrobat, rope dancer. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps derived from Gk. lalios, poetic form for lalos (= talkative, babbling), whence ‘ventriloquist’, which derives from the IE imitative base lal-, whence also Old I. lalallā, imitation of stammering, L. lallāre (= to sing to sleep, to lull). cp. ‘Eulalia’, ‘lalage’, ‘paralalia’ in my CEDEL.] Derivative: לוּלֽיָנוּת.

לוּלְיָנוּת f.n. NH acrobatics. [Formed from לוּלְיָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לוּלְיָנִי adj. NH spiral, twisted. [From לוּל ᴵ. For the ending see suff. ◌ָנִי.]

לוּלָן m.n. NH poultry farmer. [Formed from לוּל ᴵᴵ with agential suff. ◌ָן.]

לוּמֶן m.n. FW lumen (a unit of light). [From L. lūmen (= light).]

לון ᴵ, לין to lodge, pass the night.
    — Qal - לָן 1 he lodged, passed the night; 2 he abode, remained.
    — Hiph. - הֵלִין 1 he kept overnight; 2 he withheld.
    — Hith. - הִתְלוֹנֵן 1 he passed the night; 2 he abode, remained. [Prob. denominated from לַיִל (= night), with dissimilation of the second ל to ן.] Derivatives: לִינָה, הֲלָנָה, מָלוֹן, מְלוּנָה, מְלִינָה.

לון ᴵᴵ to murmur.
    — Niph. - נִלוֹן he murmured, grumbled.
    — Hiph. - הֵלִין caused to murmur.
    — Hith. - הִתְלוֹנֵן he murmured, grumbled. [Possibly related to Arab. lāma (= he blamed). According to some scholars the base is perhaps לנן. cp. תְּלֻנָּה.] Derivatives: הִתְלוֹנְנוּת, מִתְלוֹנֵן, תְּלֻנָּה, תְּלוּנָה.

לֶוַנְט m.n. FW Levant. [It. Levante, lit. ‘the rising of the sun’, from levarse (= to rise), from levare (= to raise), from L. levāre (= to lift up, raise) whence also Fren. lever (= to raise). See ‘lever’ in my CEDEL.] Derivative: לֶוַנְטִינִי.

לֶוַנְטִינִי adj. FW Levantine. [From לֶוַנֽט.] Derivative: לֶוַנְטִינִיּוּת.

לֶוַנְטִינִיּוּת f.n. FW Levantinism. [Formed from לֶוַנְטִינִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לוּנְטִית, אֲלוּנְטִית f.n. PBH bathing sheet, towel. [Formed with suff. ◌ִית from Gk. lenteon, L. linteum (= linen cloth), from L. linum (= flax), for whose etymology see ‘linen’ in my CEDEL.]

לוֹנְכִית f.n. PBH lance, javelin. [From Gk. lonche (= lance), which is of uncertain, possibly Sem., origin. cp. Heb. רֹמַח, Aram. רֻמְחָא, Arab. rumḥ (= lance). See רֹמַח. For the ending of לוֹנְכִית see suff. ◌ִית.]

לֽוֹעַ see לֹע.

לוֹעֵז 1 strange, foreign (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ps. 114:1). PBH 2 stranger, foreigner. [Part. of לָעַז ᴵ. See לעז ᴵ.] Derivative: לוֹעֲזִי.

לוֹעֲזִי adj. NH foreign, strange (said of a language). [Formed from לוֹעֵז with suff. ◌ִי.] Derivatives: לוֹעֲזִיּוּת, לוֹעֲזִית.

לוֹעֲזִיּוּת f.n. NH foreignness. [Formed from לוֹעֲזִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לוֹעֲזִית f.n. NH a foreign language. [Subst. use of the f. of לוֹעֲזִי.]

לוּף m.n. PBH arum. [Related to Aram.-Syr. לוּפָא, Arab. lūf (= arum). cp. the second element in אֲחִילוּף.] Derivative: לוּפִית.

לוּפִית f.n. NH friar’s cowl. [Formed from לוּף with suff. ◌ִית.]

לוץ see ליץ ᴵ.

לוֹצֵץ m.n. mocker, scorner. [Subst. use of לוֹצֵץ, Pi. of ליץ ᴵ.] Derivative: לוֹצְצָנִי.

לוֹצְצָנִי adj. NH mocking, jeering. [Formed from לוֹצֵץ with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

לוֹקוֹמוֹבִּיל m.n. FW locomobile. [Compounded of L. locō, ablative of locus (= place), and mōbilis (= mobile), which is related to movēre, p. part. mōtus (= to move). See לוֹקָלִי and cp. לוֹקוֹמוֹטִיב.]

לוֹקוֹמוֹטִיב m.n. FW locomotive. [Compounded of L. locō, ablative of locus (= place), and Late L. mōtīvus (= moving), from mōtus, p. part. of mōvēre (= to move). See לוֹקוֹמוֹבִּיל.]

לוֹקֵחַ m.n. PBH buyer, customer. [Subst. use of the act. part. of לָקַח (= he took, he bought). See לקח.]

לוֹקָלִי adj. FW local. [Late L. locālis (= pertaining to a place), from L. locus (= place), from Old L. stlocus, lit. ‘where something is placed’, from IE base st(h)el- (= to cause to stand, to place). See ‘stall’ in my CEDEL and cp. לוֹקָלִיזַצְיָה. cp. also the first element in לוֹקוֹמוֹבִּיל, לוֹקוֹמוֹטִיב and in לֵיטֶנַנְט. For the ending of לוֹקָלִי see suff. ◌ִי.]

לוֹקָלִיזַצֵיָה f.n. FW localization. [Fren. localisation, from localiser (= to localize), from local (= local), from Late L. locālis. See לוֹקָלִי.]

לוֹרְד m.n. FW lord. [Eng. lord, from Middle Eng. laverd, loverd, lord, from Old Eng. hlāford, lit. ‘loaf keeper’, from hlāf (= loaf), and weard (= keeper). See ‘loaf’ and ‘ward’ (one who guards) in my CEDEL.]

לושׁ to knead.
    — Qal - לָשׁ he kneaded.
    — Niph. - נָלוֹשׁ was kneaded.
    — Hoph. - הוּלַשׁ was kneaded. [Aram. לוּשׁ (= to knead), Syr. לָשׁ (= he kneaded), Ethiop. lōsa (= he kneaded), Akka. lāshu (= to knead). Prob. related to base לתת. cp. לִשְׁלֶשֶׁת.] Derivatives: לַיִשׁ ᴵᴵ, לַיָּשׁ, לִישָׁה, מָלוֹשׁ.

לִזְבֵּז m.n. PBH (also לְבִזְבֵּז) rim, frame. [Borrowed from Gk. labis (= handle), which derives from the stem of lambanein (= to take, grasp, seize; to receive).]

לִזְבֶּֽזֶת f.n. NH gunwale, gunnel. [Formed from לִזְבֵּז with suff. ◌ֶת.]

לָזוּת f.n. crookedness (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Pr. 4:24 in the phrase לְזוּת שְׂפָתַיִם (= perverse lips). [Formed from לוז ᴵ (= to turn aside) with suff. ◌וּת.]

לֵֽחַ m.n. freshness, vigor (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Deut. 34:7 in the form לֵחֹה, ‘his freshness’). [From לחח.] Derivative: לֵחָה.

לַח adj. moist, fresh, new. [From לחח.] Derivatives: לַחוּת, לַחְלוּחִית, לַחְלַח.

לֵחָה f.n. PBH 1 moisture. PBH 2 pus. MH 3 humor. NH 4 phlegm. [Formed from לֵחַ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

לְחוּד, לְחוֹד adv. PBH only, alone, by oneself, separately. [Aram., prob. related to Aram.-Syr. חַד (= one). See אֶחָד.]

לָחוּךְ adj. NH licked. [Pass. part. of לָחַךְ. See לחך.]

לִחוּךְ m.n. NH licking. [Verbal n. of לִחֵךְ, Pi. of לחך.]

לָחוּם adj. eaten, devoured (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Deut. 32:24 in the form לְחֻמֵי). [Pass. part. of לָחַם ᴵᴵ. See לחם ᴵᴵ.]

לְחוּם m.n. flesh. [Prob. related to Arab. laḥm (= flesh), which is related to Heb. לֶחֶם (q.v.).]

לָחוּץ adj. NH 1 pressed. PBH 2 distressed. [Pass. part. of לָחַץ. See לחץ.]

לָחוּשׁ adj. MH whispered. [Pass. part. of לָחַשׁ. See לחשׁ.]

לַחוּת f.n. MH moisture, humidity, freshness. [Formed from לַח with suff. ◌וּת.]

לחח to be moist, be fresh.
    — Pilp. - לִחֽלַח he moistened, dampened.
    — Pulp. - לֻחֽלַח was moistened, was dampened, became moist, became damp.
    — Nith. - נִתֽלַחֽלַח (of. s.m.) [Aram. לַחְלַח (= he moistened thoroughly), Ethiop. alḥḥa (= he moistened). Base of לֵחַ, לַח, לֵחָה.] Derivatives: לִחֽלוּחַ, הִתְלַחְלְחוּת.

לְחִי f.n. (dual לֽחָיַיִם) 1 jaw, jawbone, cheek. 2 handle of a plowshare. 3 a narrow and long plank. [Related to Aram. לִחְיָא (= jaw), Ugar. lḥm (= cheeks), Arab. laḥy, Akka. laḫū (= jaw, jawbone).] Derivative: לֶחְיָה.

לֶחְיָה f.n. NH cheek-piece. [From לֽחִי.]

לְחַיִּים interj. MH your health! cheers! [Formed from חַיִּיִם with pref. לְ◌.]

לֽחִיכָה f.n. PBH licking, lapping. [Verbal n. of לָחַךְ. See לחך and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לָחִים adj. NH capable of fighting. [Coined from לחם ᴵ (= to fight) according to the pattern פָּעִיל, which is used to form adjectives denoting capability or fitness.]

לְחִימָה f.n. NH fighting. [Verbal n. of לָחַם ᴵ. See לחם ᴵ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לָחִין adj. NH melodious. [From לחן.]

לְחִינָה f.n. NH song. [Verbal n. of לָחַן. See לחן and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לְחִיץ m.n. NH press-button, push-button. [From לחץ (= to press).]

לְחִיצָה f.n. NH pressing, compression. [Verbal n. of לָחַץ. See לחץ and first suff. ◌ָה and cp. לַחֽצָנִית.]

לְחִישָׁה f.n. NH 1 whispering. 2 hissing. [Verbal n. of לָחַשׁ. See לחשׁ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לְחִיתָה f.n. NH lolling in tongue. [Verbal n. of לָחַת. See לחת and first suff. ◌ָה.]

לחך to lick.
    — Qal - לָחַךְ it licked up, lapped up, ate up.
    — Niph. - נִלְחָךְ was licked up, was eaten.
    — Pi. - לִחֵךְ it licked up, lapped up, ate up.
    — Pu. - לֻחַךְ was licked up, was lapped up, was eaten up. [Aram.-Syr. לְחַךְ, Arab. laḥika (= it licked, lapped), Ugar. lḥk (= to lick). Of imitative origin. cp. base לקק (= to lick), which is also imitative. Outside the Sem. languages cp. the IE imitative base leiĝh- (= to lick), for whose derivatives see ‘lick’ in my CEDEL.] Derivatives: לָחוּךְ, לִחוּךְ, לְחִיכָה, לֶחֶךְ, מְלַחֵךְ.

לֶֽחֶךְ m.n. NH Plantago; the plantain (botany). [From לחך.]

לִחְלֽוּחַ m.n. PBH 1 moisture, dampness. NH 2 moistening, dampening. [Verbal n. of לִחְלַח. See לחח.]

לַחְלוּחִי adj. NH moist, damp, humid. [Back formation from לַחֽלוּחִית.] Derivative: לַחְלוּחִיּוּת.

לַחְלוּחִיּוּת f.n. NH 1 moisture. 2 freshness. [Formed from לַחֽלוּחִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

לַחְלוּחִית f.n. PBH 1 moisture. 2 freshness. [Formed from לַח through reduplication.] Derivative: לַחֽלוּחִי.

לַחֲלוּטִין adv. PBH finally, absolutely, permanently. [Aram., from חֲלוּטִין (= final decision), related to חַלֵּט (= he sold irredeemably, forfeited). See pref. לְ◌ and חלט ᴵᴵ.]

לַחֲלוּפִין adv. NH alternatively. [Formed from חֲלוּפָה (q.v.) with pref. לֽ◌.]

לחלח to moisten, to dampen. [Pilp. formed from base לחח (q.v.). cp. לכלך.]

לַחְלַח adj. NH a little moist, a little damp. [Formed from לַח through reduplication.]

לחם ᴵ to fight, do battle.
    — Qal - לָחַם he fought, waged war.
    — Niph. - נִלְחַם he fought, waged war.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַחֲמוּ (pl.) they fought against one another. [Moabite הלתחם, Arab. iltaḥama (= he fought). The orig. meaning of this base prob. was ‘to order the battle’. cp. Arab. laḥama (= he fit close together).] Derivatives: לוֹחֵם, לְחִימָה, לָחֽמָה, מִלְחָמָה, מִלְחֶמֶת. cp. לָחֶם.

לחם ᴵᴵ to eat bread.
    — Qal - לָחַם he ate bread. [Denominated from לֶחֶם. cp. Ugar. lḥm (= to eat).]

לחם ᴵᴵᴵ to join together; to weld, to solder.
    — Hiph. - הִלְחִים PBH 1 he joined together; NH 2 he welded, soldered.
    — Hoph. - הֻלֽחַם was welded, was soldered. [Arab. laḥama (= he joined together, mended, welded, soldered), laḥḥama (= he soldered).] Derivatives: לַחַם, הַלְחָמָה, מַלְחֵם, מֻלְחָם.

לֶֽחֶם m.n. 1 bread. 2 food. [Related to Aram.-Syr. לַחְמָא (= bread), Ugar. lḥm (= bread, food), Arab. laḥm (= flesh, meat), Akka. lēmu (= to taste, enjoy).] Derivatives: לחם ᴵᴵ, לַחְמִי, לַחְמָנִיָּה, לַחְמָנִית.

לָֽחֶם m.n. fight, battle (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Jud. 5:8). [Possibly derived from לחם ᴵ.]

לַֽחַם m.n. NH solder. [From לחם ᴵᴵᴵ.]

לָחְמָה f.n. NH warfare. [Formed from לחם ᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

לַחְמִי adj. MH resembling bread, bread-shaped. [Formed from לֶחֶם with suff. ◌ִי.]

לַחְמִית f.n. MH conjunctiva (anatomy). [Formed from לחם ᴵᴵᴵ (= to join together), with suff. ◌ית.]

לַחְמָנִיָּה, לַחְמָנִית roll (of bread). [Dimin. formed from לֶחֶם with suff. ◌ִיָּה or ◌ִית.]

לַֽחַן m.n. MH tune, melody. [A loan word from Arab. laḥn (= tune, melody).] Derivatives: לחן, לָחִין.

לחן to sing, chant: to compose.
    — Qal - לָחַן he sang, chanted, psalmodized.
    — Hiph. - הִלְחִין 1 he set to music, composed; 2 he sang, chanted, psalmodized.
    — Hoph. - הֻלְחַן was set to music, was composed. [Denominated from לַחַן. cp. Arab. laḥḥana (= he chanted, psalmodized; he set to music, composed).] Derivatives: לְחִינָה, הַלְחָנָה, מַלְחִין.

לְחֵנָה f.n. concubine. [BAram. (Dan. 5:2, 3 and 23), prob. a loan word from Akka. laḫanatu (= wench).]

לחץ to press, squeeze, to oppress.
    — Qal - לָחַץ 1 he pressed, squeezed; NH 2 he oppressed.
    — Niph. - נִלְחַץ 1 he pressed himself, squeezed himself; NH 2 he was oppressed.
    — Hiph. - הִלֽחִיץ MH 1 he oppressed; NH 2 he caused to press.
    — Hoph. - הֻלְחַץ was pressed. [Arab. laḥḥaṣa (= he oppressed).] Derivatives: לָחוּץ, לְחִיץ, לְחִיצָה, לַחַץ, לַחְצָנִית, מֶלֽחָצַיִם, מַלְחֶצֶת.

לַֽחַץ m.n. NH 1 oppression, distress. MH 2 pressure. [From לחץ.]

לַחֲצוֹן m.n. MH oppression, distress. [Formed from לחץ with ◌וֹן, suff. forming abstract nouns.]

לַחְצָנִית f.n. NH press-button, push-button. [Formed from לחץ with ◌ָנִית, f. form of suff. ◌ָנִי. cp. לְחִיץ.]

לחשׁ to whisper; to mutter incantations; to charm.
    — Qal - לָחַשׁ he whispered.
    — Niph. - נִלְחַשׁ was whispered.
    — Pi. - לִחֵשׁ 1 he charmed serpents (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ps. 58:6 in the part. pl.); PBH 2 he whispered; PBH 3 he hissed.
    — Pu. - לֻחַשׁ was whispered.
    — Hith. - הִתְלַחֵשׁ he spoke in whispers, (pl.) they whispered together.
    — Hiph. - הִלְחִישׁ he whispered.
    — Hoph. - הֻלְחַשׁ was whispered.
    — Pi‘lel . - לִחְשֵׁשׁ he whispered. [Aram.-Syr. לְחַשׁ (= he whispered; he muttered incantations, charmed), Ethiop. alḥōsasa (= he whispered), Akka. luḫḫushu (= to whisper, to charm), Ugar. lḫsht (= whisper).] Derivatives: לוֹחֵשׁ, לְחִישָׁה, לַחַשׁ, לַחֲשָׁה, לִחְשׁוּשׁ, לְחשֶׁת, לַחְשָׁן, הִתְלַחֲשׁוּת, מְלַחֵשׁ.

לַֽחַשׁ m.n. PBH 1 whisper. 2 incantation, charm. [From לחשׁ.] Derivative: לַחֲשׁוֹן.

לַחֲשָׁה f.n. NH whisper. [Formed from לחשׁ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

לַחֲשׁוֹן m.n. NH whisper. [Formed from לַחַשׁ with ◌וֹן, suff. forming abstract nouns.]

לַחְשׁוּשׁ m.n. NH whisper. [Verbal n. of לִחְשֵׁשׁ, Pi‘lel of לחש.]

לַחְשָׁן m.n. NH prompter. [Formed from לחשׁ with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivative: לַחְשָׁנוּת.

לַחְשָׁנוּת f.n. NH prompting. [Formed from לַחְשָׁן with suff. ◌וּת.]

לחשש NH to whisper, murmur. [Pi‘lel of לחשׁ.]

לְחשֶׁת f.n. NH whispering. [Formed from לחשׁ with suff. ◌ֶת.]

לחת to loll the tongue, to pant.
    — Hiph. - הִלְחִית it (the dog, etc.) lolled its tongue, it panted. [Arab. lahatha (= it — the dog, etc. — lolled its tongue, it panted).] Derivative: לְחִיתָה.

לָט ᴵ m.n. enchantment, magic (in the Bible occurring only Ex. 7:22; 8:3 and 14, in the pl. form לָטֵיהֶם). [From לוט (= to cover). cp. לֽהָטִים.]

לָט ᴵᴵ m.n. secrecy (occurring only in the form בַּלָּט, ‘secretly’). [From לוט (= to cover). cp. לָאט.]

לְטָאָה f.n. lizard (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Lev. 11:30). cp. MH הַלֽטָאָה, Aram. הַלְטְתָא (= lizard). [Of uncertain etymology.]

לָטוּף adj. NH caressed, petted, fondled. [Pass. part. of לָטַף. See לטף.]

לִטּוּף m.n. NH caressing, petting, fondling. [Verbal n. of לִטֵּף, Pi. of לטף.]

לָטוּשׁ adj. MH sharpened, polished. [Pass. part. of לָטַשׁ. See לטשׁ.] Derivative: לְטִישׁוּת.