lachishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hebrew לָכִישׁ (lāḵīš).

固有名詞

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, archived from the original on 26 August 2024:

     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.

Further reading

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