לחי

See also: לח״י

Hebrew edit

לְחִי or לֶחִי • (lekhí or lékhi) f (plural indefinite לְחָיַיִם, singular construct לְחִי־, plural construct לְחָיֵי־)

a cheek
jaw (of a tool)
- Tanach, Judges 15:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיְהִי כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ הַלְּחִי מִיָּדוֹ וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא רָמַת לֶחִי׃
  Va-yhí k'khalotó l'dabér va-yashlékh ha-l'ḥi mi-yadó va-yiqrá la-maqóm ha-hu Ramát Léḥi.
  And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.
(Talmudic Hebrew, Jewish law) doorpost
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Eruvin 1:2:
  הֶכְשֵׁר מָבוֹי, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, לֶחִי וְקוֹרָה, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, לֶחִי אוֹ קוֹרָה. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, לְחָיַיִן.
  Hekhshér mavóy, beit Shamái omrím, leḥi v-qorá, u-veit Hillél omrím, leḥi o qorá. Rábbi Eli'ézer omér, leḥayáyin.
  Of the fitness of an entryway, the House of Shammai says, "A doorpost and a beam," and the house of Hillel says, "A doorpost or a beam." Rabbi Eliezer says, "Two doorposts."