H3939 - לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh)

H3939 לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh) lah-an-aw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)

KJV Usage: hemlock, wormwood

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לַעֲנָה (la.a.nah) — wormwood. 1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

לַעֲנָה (H3939)

noun f

Plants

wormwood = a plant which may grow as large as a bush, with woolly green leaves, ◄ Artemisia herba-alba; ► the juice tastes bitter and can be poisonous; used as medicine; ≈ associated with injustice and suffering

DEU 29:17

Liquids | Unsafe | ≈ רֹאשׁ

wormwood = juice from the leaves of the wormwood plant, ► which tastes bitter and can be poisonous; used as medicine; ≈ associated with injustice and suffering

PRO 5:4 · JER 9:14 · JER 23:15 · LAM 3:15 · LAM 3:19 · AMO 5:7 · AMO 6:12

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לַעֲנָה n.f. wormwood base