la.khish is a place-name used for a city, its king, and locations of movement, conflict, and royal activity.

The noun is consistently a proper place-name. The supplied verses locate a city in lists and settlements, identify its king, and use the name as the destination, base, or object of military action and royal movement.

1. Place-name in civic, military, and royal settings · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every supplied occurrence. In Joshua 10:31 the APB renders Joshua's movement from Libnah to the named place, where he encamps and fights; Joshua 10:32 presents it as captured by Israel. It also identifies a king in Joshua 10:3, a royal location in 2 Kings 18:14, and a remaining fortified city under attack in Jeremiah 34:7.

   Joshua 10:31Joshua 10:32Joshua 10:32 Kings 18:14Jeremiah 34:7Nehemiah 11:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the name as “Lachish” in movement, battle, royal, and settlement clauses. These renderings confirm the verse-level location reference rather than isolate a separate English equivalent for each form.