Lachish

English

Etymology

From Hebrew לָכִישׁ (lāḵīš).

Proper noun

Lachish

1. An ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah region of Israel, now an archeological site and national park.
   • 2022 November 9, Ian Sample, “Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Unearthed in Lachish, a Canaanite city state in the second millennium BCE and the second most important city in the kingdom of Judah, the comb suggests that humans have endured lice for thousands of years and that even the wealthiest were not spared the grim infestations.

Translations

ancient city in Israel

Further reading

• “Lachish”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “Lachish”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.