Lasha
English
Etymology
From Hebrew לָשַׁע.
Proper noun
Lasha
- Biblical location, appearing only once in the Bible, in the Book of Genesis (10:19) describing one of the limits of the area covered by the Canaanites, believed to be on the east bank of the Dead Sea, later named Callirrhoe (location of hot springs mentioned by Josephus and other authors in the first centuries AD).
Alternative forms
- Lesha
- Dasa: It was written as ΔΑΣΑ in Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus of the Septuagint. At the manuscript, the capital Greek letter Delta (Δ) and the letter (Lambda) Λ are very similar - see photo