לְחִי

n.m. Ct 1:10 jaw, cheek (NH id.; Aramaic לוֹחָא; Arabic لَحْىٌ; on Assyrian laḫû cf. DlHWB 375, but ح = ḫ?);—ל׳ abs. Ju 15:17 Mi 4:14; cstr. Ju 15:15 + 2 times; לֶ֑חִי 1 K 22:24 + 3 times + Ju 15:19(×2); sf. לֶחֱיוֹ Jb 40:26; לֶחֱיָהּ La 1:2; du. לְחָיַיִם Dt 18:3; cstr. לְחָיֵי Is 30:28; sf. לְחָיַי Is 50:6, cf. Jb 16:10, etc.; לְחֵיהֶם Ho 11:4;— jaw, jawbone, of animal, Ju 15:15, 16(×2), 17 (under jaw of ass), cf. n.pr.loc. רָמַת לֶ֑חִי v 17; in sim. כִּמְרִימֵי עֹל עַל־לְחֵיהֶם Ho 11:4 like those lifting up a yoke from upon (read מֵעַל?) their jaws (Isr. under fig. of oxen); of sacrificial ox or sheep Dt 18:3; of crocodile Jb 40:26; of Pharaoh under fig. of תַּנִּים Ez 29:4 (cf. v 3); cf. 38:4 Is 30:28. cheek, of man 1 K 22:24 = 2 Ch 18:23, Jb 16:10 ψ 3:8 Ct 5:13; Is 50:6; La 3:30; Mi 4:14; of woman Ct 1:10; La 1:2 (fig. of Jerusalem).