לֶחִי

II. לְחִי proper name, of a location scene of an exploit of Samson; — ׳ל Dom 15,19 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Σιαγων), לֶ֔חִי vDom 15,14 with article בַּלֶּחי vDom 15,9 (ᵐ5 Λευει, ᵐ5^L Λεχει), compare רָ֫מַת לֶ֑חִי vDom 15,17 = height of Lehi (explanation as from לְחִי jawbone, compare GFM, ᵐ5 Ἀναίρεσις σιαγόνος also 2 Sam 23,11, where read לֶחְיָה to Lehi, for לַחַיָּה, see II. חַיָּה, p. 2 Sam 31,2 above; (ᵐ5 θηρία; ᵐ5^L σιαγόνα). It must have lain in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah (Buhl^{Geogr. 91}); site unknown; conjectures are cited and criticized by GFM^{Judg 15, 19 q.} see