Word entries are of the format:
Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes
[Color Code, Transliteration Chart, and Chart of Letter Meanings are at the bottom of this page.]
ל
לא LA not / no
‘far reaching… source’
– perhaps refers to the impossibility of being far from the source of all (God).
לאם LAM tribesmen / people
ל = extending + אמה = tribe
– specifically refers to members of a tribe descended from a common mother אם.
לב LB heart
‘extending… devotion’
לביא LBYA lion
‘far reaching… tent… bring… first’
– perhaps meaning a roar that can be heard over some distance.
לבן LBN brick / white
ל = for + בנה = build
– this word is only translated as ‘brick’ until Genesis 30:35 in a story about Jacob.
לבנה LBNH incense
לבן = white + ה = shall be
– ‘white’ probably refers to the color of ashes once it is burned.
לבש LBSh wear
ל = for + בוש = ashamed
– refers to the Garden Story where Adam and Eve became ashamed when they realized that they were naked.
להב LHB flame
‘extending… be… tent’
– perhaps viewed as an extension of what is being burned.
להט LHT blaze up
‘extending… be… surround’
לו LW if only
‘far reaching… add’
לוה LWH join / twine / borrow
‘extending… add to… be’
לוי LWY Levi (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)
לוה = join + י = bring
לולא LWLA except
ל = extending + ו = add + לא = not
If something is extended so as to not include (add) something else, then the left out thing has been ‘excepted’.
לולאה LWLAH loop
‘far reaching… add to… extending… source… be’
– to tie an extending end to its source forms a loop.
לחי LChY jaw / cheek
‘extending… separate… make’
– describes the movement of the jaw.
לחם LChM food / bread / fight
ל = for + חם = heat
– refers to what is cooked. Heat (or burning) is also a concept that represents anger.
לחץ LChTs oppression
‘far reaching… separate… action’
– describes the act of separating a person a great distance from home.
or: ‘far reaching… separate… formation’.
לחת LChTh plank / tablet
‘for… separate… together’
– planks where used to build hollow things such as boxes. The shape of a tablet was similar to planks.
לט LT mystery / secret
‘extending… hidden’
לטש LTSh sharpen
‘extending… surround…fill’
– to flatten the edges.
or: ‘far reaching… hidden… doubles’
– to make pieces in the future.
לילה LYLH night
‘extending… make… far reaching… be’
– perhaps describing the cause of days.
לין LYN lodge / stay overnight / grumble
לילה = night + ן = ahead
לכד LKD capture
‘far reaching… carry… path through’
– to carry away a long distance.
or: ‘far reaching… hand… connection’
– describing long-distance ruling.
למד LMD teach / learn
‘extending… physical… connection’
– related to the word for ‘know’ ידע = ‘make… connection… seen’.
למה LMH why?
ל = for + מה = what
למען LMON for sake of
ל = for + מ = physical + ענה = answer
לעג LOG mock
‘for… seen… gather’
– first occurs 2 Kings 19:21.
לפיד LPhYD torch
‘for… turn… bring… path through’
– describes use for navigating in the dark.
לץ LTs interpreter / ambassador / scoffer
‘extending… action’
or: ‘far reaching… action’
– meaning: action over a distance.
לקח LQCh take
‘far reaching… enduring… separate’
– describes what is moved a distance (far reaching), permanent (enduring) and separated.
לקט LQT glean / gather
לקח = take + ט = hidden (or surround)
The biblical meaning of the word ‘glean’ can be found in Ruth 2:2 where Ruth asks permission to go to the fields and pick up (take) left over grain that had likely been dropped (hidden or surround) by the harvesters.
לשן LShN tongue/ language
‘extending… fill… ahead’
– ‘ahead’ refers to forward.
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Brown Bold = Words derived via grammar rules.
Red = Unknown word construction.
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