la.yish is the place-name of a city reached, attacked, and later renamed Dan in Judges 18.

The attested forms function as a proper place-name for the city visited by the spies, approached and burned by attackers, and identified as the city formerly called by this name before it was named Dan.

1. Name of the city later named Dan · dominant

   All four occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same city. In Judges 18:7 the APB renders the five men as coming to the city and observing its residents; in Judges 18:27 it renders the attackers as coming against it and burning the city; Judges 18:29 explicitly renders the city as formerly called by this name before receiving the name Dan.

   Judges 18:7Judges 18:14Judges 18:27Judges 18:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as the city name “Laish,” including the statement in Judges 18:29 that the city had formerly been called Laish. This identifies its presentation in the verses rather than a separate English definition.