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title: לַהַב — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַהַב (3851), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: flame. BDB 1906: n.m. flame, blade. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַהַב

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«לַהַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flame** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 3851 · **BDB:** לַ֫הַב

### Glosses

a.flame (3); blade (3); \[the\].blade (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3851/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flame, blade [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3851/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַהַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3851/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.23/)

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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.

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[Job 41:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.13/)

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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.

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