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Lachish

Lachish proper noun: an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah region of Israel, now an archeological site and national park.

Proper noun

Lachish

  1. An ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah region of Israel, now an archeological site and national park.
    • Unearthed in Lachish, a Canaanite city state in the second millennium BCE and the second most important city in the kingdom of Judah, the comb suggests that humans have endured lice for thousands of years and that even the wealthiest were not spared the grim infestations.2022 November 9, Ian Sample, “Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2024

Origin of Lachish

From Hebrew לָכִישׁ (lāḵīš).

Questions about Lachish

What does Lachish mean?
Lachish means an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah region of Israel, now an archeological site and national park.
What part of speech is Lachish?
Lachish is a proper noun.

Words near Lachish in the dictionary

  1. Lachie
  2. Lachiewicz-Sibley syndrome
  3. Lachin
  4. Lachine
  5. Lachino
  6. Lachish
  7. Lachlan
  8. Lachman
  9. Lachman test
  10. Lachman tests
  11. Lachmannian

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