Lecah
Lecah (לֵכָה, lekhah). Listed as a son of Er (1 Chr 4:21). However, the terminology in 1 Chr 4:21 could refer to a city and its founder; thus, Lecah could be a town in Judah founded by Er, rather than a person.
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Listed as a son of Er (1 Chr 4:21). However, the terminology in 1 Chr 4:21 could refer to a city and its founder; thus, Lecah could be a town in Judah founded by Er, rather than a person.
Lecah (Place)
LECAH (PLACE) [Heb lēkâ (לֵכָה)]. A community founded by Er, son of Judah (1 Chr 4:21). The name is mentioned only this once; the location is unknown. The suggestion that the name might be a corruption of Lachish (as hinted by Aharoni, LBHG, 227) is untestable. The Chronicler adopts the genealogical
Lecah
Lecah. Either a person, descendant of the Judahite Er, or an otherwise unknown place in Judah settled by Er, depending on one’s understanding of “father” (1 Chr 4:21).
Lecah
Lecah lēʹkə [Heb. lēḵâ] (1 Ch. 4:21). A son of Er in the genealogy of Judah (so RSV, AV); some scholars, e.g. KoB, p. 482, have held that Lecah was a village founded by Er (cf. NEB).
Lecah
LECAH Either a person, descendant of the Judahite Er, or an otherwise unknown place in Judah settled by Er, depending on one’s understanding of “father” (1 Chr 4:21).
Lecah
LECAH. Mentioned only in 1 Chr 4:21, as a son of Er, a descendant of Judah. He should probably be regarded as the founder of an otherwise unknown village in the territory of Judah.
Lecah
Lecah (Heb. lēḵâ)A Judahite, son of Er and descendant of Shelah (1 Chr. 4:21). The context, however, suggests that Lecah was a place in the tribal territory of Judah, founded by Er. Because Mareshah, mentioned in the same text, is located NW of Hebron, Lecah would have been in the same region, though
Lecah
Lecah [lēˊkə] (Heb. lēḵâ). A son of Er and descendant of Shelah (1 Chr. 4:21). The context, however, suggests that Lecah was a place in the tribal territory of Judah, founded by Er. Because Mareshah, mentioned in the same text, is located northwest of Hebron, Lecah would have been in the same region,
Lecah
Le´cah (progress), a name mentioned in the genealogies of Judah, 1 Chron. 4:21 only, as one of the descendants of Shelah, the third son of Judah by the Canaanitess Bath-shua.
Lecah
LE´CAH (leʹka). A place in the tribe of Judah founded by Er (1 Chron. 4:21), not elsewhere mentioned.
LECAH
LECAH<le’-ka> (לֵכָה [lekhah]): A descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:21).