לַהַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3851

flame — used 12 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

flame tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לַ֫הַב: n.m. flame, blade tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. flame, blade;—ל׳ abs. Ju 3:22(×2) + 2 times; cstr. Ju 13:20 + 5 times; pl. לְהָבִים Is 13:8; cstr. לַהֲבֵי Is 66:15;— flame, of altar, Ju 13:20(×2) (ל׳ הַמִּזְבֵּהַ); ל׳ אֵשׁ אוֹכְלָה, of י׳’s judgment Is 29:6; 30:30; 66:15 (in all ‖ forces of nature, whirlwind, thunder, earthquake, rain, hail, etc.); fig. פְּנֵי ל׳ פְּנֵיהֶם Is 13:8 (i.e. hot with excitement, cf. Di); sim. Jo 2:5 בְּקוֹל ל׳ אֵשׁ (of rush of locusts); fig. of breath of crocodile Jb 41:13. of flashing point of spear Jb 39:23; blade of sword Na 3:3; in prose, Ju 3:22(×2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a flame (3); blade (3); [the] blade (1).

In the verses

Job 39:23 · tree →

עָ֭לָיו תִּרְנֶ֣ה אַשְׁפָּ֑ה לַ֖הַב חֲנִ֣ית וְכִידֽוֹן׃

Word for word: on it it.rattles a.quiver [the].blade of.a.spear and a.javelin

JPS 1917: The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

Job 41:13 · tree →

נַ֭פְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃

Word for word: breath its coals it.sets.ablaze and a.flame from mouth its it.goes.forth

JPS 1917: His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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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