Etymology

lechi

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Today it means: A pole used in demarcating an eruv. Full definition →

Hebrew לֶחִי
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromלֶחִי“stake fastened in the ground”
  2. English todaylechi

From Hebrew לֶחִי (léḥi, “stake fastened in the ground”, literally “jawbone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.