לַעֲנָה

לַעֲנָה noun feminine wormwood (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic is curse (verb id.), so Nabataean לצנת (verb לען) compare Cook^Glossary); — only figurative of bitter things: — of perverted justice, Amos 5,7; Amos 6,12 (|| ראֹשׁ; of result of idolatry, 5 Mos 29,17 (|| id.); of ׳י's chastisement Jer 9,14 (|| מֵ֯ירֿאֹשׁ, Jer 23,15 (|| id.), Klg 3,15 (|| מְרוֺרִים), vKlg 3,19 (|| ראֹשׁ); simile of bitter (מָרָה) result of intercourse with strange woman Ord 5,4. — On wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, etc., Greek ἀψίθιον) compare Löw^{80f. 401, 421} Tristr^{Nat, Hist. Bib. 493}.

לָעַע see לוע