The meaning of “לַעֲנָה”
Understanding laʻănâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
hemlock, wormwood. - wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed) 1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)
לַעֲנָה
hemlock, wormwood. - wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed) 1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 29:18 | “Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;” Word: לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh) | |
| Proverbs 5:4 | “But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.” Word: לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh) | |
| Jeremiah 23:15 | “Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.” Word: לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh) | |
| Lamentations 3:19 | “Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.” Word: לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh) | |
| Amos 6:12 | “Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:” Word: לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh) |
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