• לְוָת S 3890 TWOT 2813 prep. to, at, beside ( der. uncertain; v. K 128 n. ; perhaps

akin to לָוָה ^, לְוִי ^, ˜˜˜˜ ^{(lwi) join;} T לְוָת , Syriac ˜˜˜˜ ^{(lwot) to}) ^{, c.} מִן ^{, Ezr 4:12} the Jews which came up מִן־לְוָתָךְ from thee ( de chez toi ; cf. ˜˜˜ ˜˜˜˜ ( men lwot ), מִלְּוַת ^{, e.g. Ex 8:8; 9:33} S T = Heb. מֵעִם ^).

• לְחֵם ^{(K§ 54, 3. γ) n.m.} feast ( ^{T Syriac bread, so BH, q.v.} √ II. לחם ) ^;—abs. עֲבַד ל׳ Dn 5:1 made a feast .

• [ לְהֵנָה ^{] n.f.} concubine ( ^T לְחֵינְתָא ^{; FlLevy} NHWB ii. 534 f. cp. Arabic لَخْنَا ( laḫnā ), indelicate epithet for woman; Batten Ezr 2:65 cp. Arabic لَحْنٌ ( laḥnun )

note, tune, song; still otherwise Wetzst De , HL u. Koh. 454 ) ;— pl. sf. לְחֵנָתָךְ Dn 5:2 3,

הּ ^— v 2, 3 .

• [ לֵילָא ^{] n.[m.] night} ( ^v. BH לַ֫יְלָה ) ^;—emph. לֵילְיָא Dn 2:1 9; 5:30 ; 7:2 , 7 , 13 .

• לִשָּׁן n.m. Dn 3:7 tongue ( ^T Syriac; v. BH לָשׁוֹן ^{, √} לשׁן ) ^;—tongue =

language , fig. for people: abs. עַם אֻמָּה וְל׳ Dn 3:2 9; pl. emph. ע׳ א׳ וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא v 4, 7 , 31 ; 5:19 ; 6:26 ; 7:14 ( cf. BH לָשׁוֹן ^{; 2,} Is 66:18 ).

S Syriac Version. Fl H.L. Fleischer.

Levy Jacob Levy.

NHWB Levy, Neuhebr. Wörterb . cp. compare.

Wetzst J. G. Wetzstein

De Franz Delitzsch. fig. figurative.