לָהַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3859

swallow greedily — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

swallow greedily tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לָהַם: vb. swallow greedily tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. swallow greedily (= Arabic لَهِمَ; DiLex. Ethiopic 25 comp. Ethiopic ላህም: ox, cow);—only Pt. מִתְלַהֲמִים Pr 18:8 i.e. bits greedily swallowed, dainties, = 26:22, sim. of tale-bearer’s words.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: delicacies (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 18:8 · tree →

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

Word for word: [the].words of.a.slanderer [are].like delicacies and they they.go.down [the].chambers of.[the].belly

JPS 1917: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 26:22 · tree →

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

Word for word: [the].words of.a.slanderer [are].like delicacies and they they.go.down [the].chambers of.[the].belly

JPS 1917: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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