Luhith
Luhith
(Heb. Ltuchith’, [always with the art. prefixed], prob. tableted [see below]; Sept. , but in Jeremiah [] v.r. ), a Moabitish place (but whether a town or not is uncertain, as it is only found in the phrase “ascent of Luhith”), apparently situated on an eminence between Zoar and Horonaim, on the track of the invading Babylonians (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:5). According to Eusebius, it lay between Areopolis and Zoar. M. de Saulcy thinks it may be identified with a site on the hill Nouehin, about half way up on the south side of the ravine leading north-easterly from the northern opening of the peninsula of the Dead Sea (Narrative, 1:386, 267, and map). The position is probably not far from correct (although not between Ar and Zoar), but no such name appears on Robinson’s or Zimmermann’s map: it does, however, on Van de Velde’s.
Luthith, “as a Hebrew word, signifies ‘made of boards or posts’ (Gesenius, Thesaurus, page 748); but why assume that a Moabitish spot should have a Hebrew name? By the Syriac interpreters it is rendered ‘paved with flagstones’ (Eichhorn, Allg. Bibliothek, 1:845, 872). In the Targums (Pseudojon. and Jerus. on Num 21:16, and Jonathan on Isa 15:1) Lechaiath is given as the equivalent of Ar-Moab. This may contain an allusion to Luchith, or it may point to the use of a term meaning ‘jaw’ for certain eminences, not only in the case of the Lehi of Samson, but also elsewhere. See Michaelis, Suppl. No. 1307; but, on the other hand, Buxtorf, Lex. Talm. col. 1134.”
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Luhith
made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim (Isa. 15:5; Jer. 48:5).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Luhith
LUHITH.The ascent of Luhith (Isa 15:5) is probably the path called the descent or going down of Horonaim, the latter lying, probably, higher than Luhith (cf. Jer 48:5). The way leading through Wdy Bene Hammd, from the district of Zoar to the eastern plateau, may be intended. The Onomasticon places Luhith between Areopolis and Zoar. It is not now known.
W. Ewing.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Luhith
A city of Moab. (Isa 15:5) The name signifies, a table, or floor.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Luhith
H3872
A city of Moab.
Isa 15:5; Jer 48:5
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Luhith
Lu’hith. (made of tables or boards). The ascent of, a place in Moab, occurs only in Isa 15:5, and the parallel passage of Jeremiah. Jer 48:5. In the days of Eusebius and Jerome, it was still known, and stood between Areopolis (Rabbath-moab) and Zoar.