lach · fresh, green

What it means

lach (לַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fresh, green”.

Freshly cut; moist.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Newly cut, still full of sap.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fresh ×4
• green ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×1
• Judges×2
• Ezekiel×2

• Genesis 30:37

  Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane tree, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was on the rods.

• Numbers 6:3

  he shall separate himself from wine and intoxicating drink; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or vinegar of intoxicating drink, and he shall not drink any juice of grapes, nor eat grapes, fresh or dried.

• Judges 16:7

  And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any human being.”

• Judges 16:8

  And the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

• Ezekiel 17:24

  And all the trees of the field will know that I, YHWH, have brought low the high tree, have made high the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made flourish the dry tree. I, YHWH, have spoken, and I will do it.’”

• Ezekiel 20:47

  And say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am kindling in you a fire, and it will consume in you every green tree and every dry tree; the flame of fire will not be quenched, and all faces will be scorched by it, from the Negev to the north.