Lehi

See also: lehi and lehî

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew לחי (lékhi or lekhí).

The group is from Hebrew לח״י, an acronym for לוחמי חרות ישראל (Lohamei Herut Yisrael), Fighters for the Freedom of Israel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːhaɪ/

Proper noun

Lehi

  1. A place in Biblical Judah, mentioned in Judges 15:9.
  2. (Mormonism) A prophet in the Book of Mormon, the father of Laman, Lemuel, Nephi, Sam, Jacob, and Joseph.
  3. A city in Utah.
  4. (historical) A Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (1940–48), affiliated with the Revisionist Zionist movement.

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