• לֹט S 3910 TWOT 1108 GK 4320 n. [ m. ] myrrh , or ‘ ladanum ’ (Gk.), an aromatic gum exuded by leaves of cistus-rose , cistus villosus , Tristr FFP , 235, and especially Nat. Hist. Bib., 458 ff. ; Ri HWB 897, cf. Löw Nö 79 Di Gn 37:25 Now Arch. i. 64 ( Sab. לדן , SabDenkm 84; Assyrian ladunu (from Damascus) cf. Schr COT Gn 37:25 MBAk . 1881, pp. 413 ff. ; Arabic لَادَنٌ ( lādanun ), whence Gk. λήδανον, λάδανον Hdt iii. 112 ) ;— וּצְרִי וָלֹט נְכֹאת Gn 37:2 5, merchandise of Ishmaelite caravan, cf. 43:1 1, present to Joseph (both J ; Ö στακτή ).
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• לְטָאָה S 3911 TWOT 1109a GK 4321 n.f. a kind of lizard ( NH id. ) ;—named as unclean Lv 11:30 (with צָב , אֲנָקָה , כֹּחַ , חֹמֶט , תִּנְשֶׁמֶת ), Ö χαλαβώτης , É stellio .— Vid. Di ad loc. Tristr Nat. Hist. Bib. 266 ff.
•[לָטַשׁ S 3913 TWOT 1110 GK 4323 ] vb. hammer, sharpen, whet (NH id. , hammer, tap; Aramaic לְטַשׁ , ܠܛܰܫ ( lṭaš ) sharpen; Arabic لَطَسَ ( laṭasa ) strike, tap ) ;— Qal Impf. יִלְטֹושׁ Jb 16:9 ψ 7:13 ; Inf. cstr. לִלְטֹושׁ 1 S 13:2 0; Pt. לֹטֵשׁ ;— 1. hammer , only Pt. = hammerer , sq. כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ Gn 4:22 ( J ). 2. sharpen sword, חֶרֶב ( acc. ) ψ 7:13 ; cf. 1 S 13:2 0, obj. מַחֲרֶשֶׁת , אֵת , קַרְדֹּם , מַחֲרֵשָׁה ; fig. ל׳ עֵינַיִם לִי Jb 16:9 my foe whets his eyes for me . Pu. Pt. תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ ψ 52:4 a sharpened razor (in sim. of evil tongue).
Tristr H. B. Tritram, Fauna and Flora of Palestine (Survey, Memoirs). Ri E. Riehm, Handwörterb. d. bibl. Alterth .
Löw J. Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen . Sab. Sabean.
SabDenkm Sabäische Denkmäler, edd. Mordmann & Müller . Schr E. Schrader.
COT The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of KAT 2;, by O.H. Whitehouse).
MBAk Monatsbericht d. Berliner Akad. D. Wissenschaften . ÉÑ Vulgate.
Tristr H. B. Tritram. sim. simile.