Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Lakhish

Lachish was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite city in the region of Canaan on the south bank of the mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Lachish”, “Tel Lachish”, “Tel Lakhish”, “Tell Duweir”, “Tell Lachish”, and “Tell Lakhish”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Rai.

Archaeological site
Khirbet er-Ra'i, also Khirbet al-Ra'i, is an archaeological site in the region of . It is located 4 km west of . Archeological excavations conducted in Khirbet er-Ra'i in the past decade have uncovered remains dating back to the 12th-10th centuries BCE. is situated 4 km northwest of Lakhish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakhish and No’am.

Village
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is a moshav in the northern in south-central . Located south-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Regional Council.

Village
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No'am is a religious moshav in south-central . Located in Hevel Lakhish, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 466. is situated 5 km west of Lakhish.

Village
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is a moshav in south-central . Located in Hevel Lakhish, about three kilometres east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 678. is situated 7 km northwest of Lakhish.

Lakhish

Latitude
31.5609° or 31° 33′ 39″ north
Longitude
34.84107° or 34° 50′ 28″ east
Open location code
8G3PHR6R+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3653809945
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q848509
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Lakhish” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λαχεις”
  • Arabic: “لخيش”
  • Basque: “Tel Lakix”
  • Belarusian: “Лахіш”
  • Catalan: “Tel Laquix”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Lakhish”
  • Chinese: “拉吉城”
  • Czech: “Lachiš”
  • Czech: “Lakiš”
  • Dutch: “Lachis”
  • Esperanto: “Laĥiŝa”
  • French: “Lachish”
  • French: “Lakhish”
  • French: “Lakish”
  • French: “Tel Lakish”
  • French: “Tell ed-Duweir”
  • German: “Lachisch”
  • German: “Laḫiš”
  • German: “Tel ed-Duwer”
  • Hebrew: “לכיש”
  • Hebrew: “תל אֶ דֻוֵיר”
  • Hebrew: “תל לכיש”
  • Hungarian: “Lákis”
  • Indonesian: “Lakhis”
  • Italian: “Lachis”
  • Italian: “Lachish”
  • Japanese: “ラキシュ”
  • Korean: “라기스”
  • Korean: “텔 라기스”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lakish”
  • Norwegian: “Lakish”
  • Persian: “تل لاچیش”
  • Polish: “Lakisz”
  • Portuguese: “Laquis”
  • Portuguese: “Tel Laquis”
  • Romanian: “Lahish”
  • Russian: “Лахис”
  • Russian: “Лахиш”
  • Slovak: “Lachíš”
  • Spanish: “Lakis”
  • Spanish: “Lakís”
  • Spanish: “Laquis”
  • Swedish: “Lachisch”
  • Tamil: “தெல் லாக்கீசு”
  • Turkish: “Lahiş”
  • Ukrainian: “Лахіш”

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