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title: דָּלַק — burn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּלַק (1814), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: burn. BDB 1906: vb. burn hotly pursue. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּלַק

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«דָּלַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burn** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 1814 · **BDB:** דָּלַק

### Glosses

burning (1); burning.\[things\] (1); he.hotly.pursues (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1814/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. burn hotly pursue [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1814/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. burn (intrans.), hotly pursue (NH id. Aramaic דְּלַק, ܕܠܰܩ all intrans. burn, kindle; Hiph., Aph. transitive)— Pf. 2 ms. דָּלַקְתָּ Gn 31:36; 3 mpl. וְדָֽלְקוּ consec. Ob 18; sf. דְּלָקֻנוּ La 4:19; Impf. יִדְלַק ψ 10:2; Inf. cstr. דְּלֹק 1 S 17:53; Pt. act. pl. דֹּלְקִים Pr 26:23;— burn, וְדָֽלְקוּ בָהֶם Ob 18 (fig. of Isr. ravaging among Edomites, ‖ וַאֲכָלוּם; on construction c. בְּ cf. 2 K 17:25); also in חִצָּיו לְדֹלְקִים יִפְעָ֑ל ψ 7:14 his arrows he maketh burning ones (subj. God) RV De Che al.; \& שְׂפָתַיִם דֹּלְקִים Pr 26:23 burning (fervent) lips (opp. לֵב רָ֑ע). hotly pursue Gn 31:36 (E; sq. אַחֲרֵי 1 S 17:53 (sq. id.); ψ 10:2; La 4:19 (both sq. acc.) Impf. sf. יַדְלִיקֵם Is 5:11; Imv. הַדְלֵק Ez 24:10;—inflame, c. acc., subj. wine Is 5:11; kindle obj. הָאֵשׁ Ez 24:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּלַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1814/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.2/)

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בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃

*Word for word:* in.\[the\] pride of.\[the\].wicked he.hotly.pursues \[the\].afflicted they.are.caught by schemes which they.have.planned

*JPS 1917:* Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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[Proverbs 26:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.23/)

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כֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִים מְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל־חָ֑רֶשׂ שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים וְלֶב־רָֽע׃

*Word for word:* silver of.dross(es) overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a.heart evil

*JPS 1917:* Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

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