לַיִשׁ
Used: 4 times · Key: lemma:לַיִשׁ · BDB: לַ֫יִשׁ²
Glosses
Laish (2); [was].Laish (1); to (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
Laish tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.pr.loc. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.loc. (on meaning lion, cf. RSSem i. 156 (om. 2nd ed.));—former name of Dan., in extreme north of Canaan, Ju 18:7, 14, 27, 29 (v. דָּן p. 192 b); 𝔊 Λαισα; = לָשֶׁם q.v.; cf. BuhlGeogr. § 124.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «לַיִשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ דָּ֔ן בְּשֵׁם֙ דָּ֣ן אֲבִיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוּלַּ֖ד לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם לַ֥יִשׁ שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃
Word for word: and they.called the.name of the.city Dan by the.name of.Dan ancestor their who he.was.born to Israel and but [was].Laish the.name of the.city to the.former [time]
JPS 1917: And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה דְּע֥וּ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃
Word for word: and they.answered the.five the men [who had].gone to spy.out (et) the land Laish and they.said to brothers their do you.know? (dm).that there.[are] in the houses (the) these an.ephod and teraphim a carved.image and a.molten.image and therefore consider what? will.you.do
JPS 1917: Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren: 'Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.'
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