II. לְחִי proper name, of a location scene of an exploit of Samson; — ׳ל Judges 15:19 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Σιαγων), לֶ֔חִי Judges 15:14; with article בַּלֶּחי Judges 15:9 (ᵐ5 Λευει, ᵐ5^L Λεχει), compare רָ֫מַת לֶ֑חִי Judges 15:17 = height of Lehi (explanation as from לְחִי jawbone, compare GFM, ᵐ5 Ἀναίρεσις σιαγόνος also 2 Samuel 23:11, where read לֶחְיָה to Lehi, for לַחַיָּה, see II. חַיָּה, p. 2Sam 31:2above; (ᵐ5 θηρία; ᵐ5^L σιαγόνα). It must have lain in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah (Buhl^{Geogr. 91}); site unknown; conjectures are cited and criticized by GFM^{Judg 15, 19 q.} see

לחח (√ of following; compare Ethiopic . II. I. moisten, cool; be moistened Di^{Lex. 30}; Late Hebrew לִחְלַח Pilpal moisten thoroughly, Aramaic לַחְלַח id., Late Hebrew לַח moist, fresh; לֵיחָה moisture, freshness, etc.)