1. Luz (Canaanite city, later Bethel) — The proper noun לוּז (Luz), a Canaanite city later renamed Bethel (Genesis 28:19), also a city built by a man from the original Luz (Judges 1:26). All four clusters represent the same toponym with variation only in prepositional framing and directional suffix: absolute (Luz), with ה-locale suffix (Luzah, 'toward Luz'), with preposition ב (in Luz), and construct with directional sense (Luz-ward). Arabic uses لُوز (Lūz), Korean uses 루스/루즈 (Ruseu/Rujeu), Hindi uses लूज़ (Lūz), Swahili uses Luzu/Luzi/Luza/Lusa, and Spanish uses Luz consistently. These are grammatical variants of a single place name. 8×
AR["فِي-لُوزَ","لوزَ","لوزُ","لُوزَ","لُوزُ"]·ben["লুজ","লুসে","লূস","লূসকে","লূসাকে","লূসার","লূসে"]·DE["Lus","Luz","Luzah","in-Lus","nach-Lus"]·EN["Luz","Luz-ward","Luzah","in-Luz"]·FR["Luz","Luz-garde","Luzah","dans-Luz"]·heb["ב-לוז","לוז","לוזה","לוזה-ה"]·HI["लूज","लूज़","लूज़-की","लूज़-में","लूज़ा","लूज़।"]·ID["Lus","Luz","di-Luz","ke-Luz"]·IT["Luz","Luz-ward","Luzah","in-Luz"]·jav["Luz","wonten-Lus"]·KO["루스가","루스라고","루스였다","루즈로","루즈의","에-루즈"]·PT["Luz","em-Luz"]·RU["Луз","Луза","в-Луз","в-Лузе","к-Лузу"]·ES["Luz","a-Luz","en-Luz"]·SW["Lusa","Luza","Luzi","Luzu"]·TR["Luz","Luz'a","Luz'da","Luza","Luzun"]·urd["لوز","لوز-میں","لوز-کے","لوزہ-کو"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. לוּז n.pr.loc. 1. former name of Bethel Gn 28:19 (J), 35:6 (E), 48:3 (P), Jos 18:13(×2) (P), Ju 1:23; appar. distinct from B. מִבֵּית־אֵל לוּ֫זָה Jos 16:2 (JE; but ל׳ here perhaps explan. gloss, v. Di); 𝔊 Λουζα, Gn 28:19 [Ουλαμ]μαυς. 2. city in hands of Hittites Ju 1:26 (on conject. as to site v. GFM); 𝔊 Λουζα.