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title: לֶהָבָה — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֶהָבָה (3852), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: flame. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֶהָבָה

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«לֶהָבָה» 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 3852 · **BDB:** לֶהָבָה

### Glosses

a.flame (5); flame (5); of.flame (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3852/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3852/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—ל׳ Nu 21:28 + 13 times, לַהֶ֫בֶת cstr. 1 S 17:7; Ez 21:3; לַבַּת Ex 3:2 (= לַהְבַּת; Sam. להבת, v. Di); pl. לֶהָבוֹת ψ 105:32; cstr. לַהֲבוֹת ψ 29:7;— flame, poet. (‖ or + אֵשׁ, except ψ 29:7 Dn 11:33); of fire consuming (לָהַט) Dathan, etc. ψ 106:18 (cf. Nu 16:35); wasting (לָהַט) mts. 83:15; consuming (אָכַל, בָּעֵר) chaff (in sim.) Is 5:24; of lightning (with hail) אשׁ ל׳ ψ 105:32 (cf. Ex 9:24), ψ 29:7 ל׳ אֵשׁ (on text of v. cf. Che); sim. of judgment, אֵשׁ ל׳ La 2:3 (vb. אָכַל) Ho 7:6 (vb. בָּעֵר) Is 47:14 (מִיַּד ל׳); cf. 10:17; Ob 18; ל׳ שַׁלְה׳ Ez 21:3; fig. of drought Jo 1:19, of locusts’ ravages 2:3 (vb. לָהַט in both); of war Nu 21:28 Je 48:45 (both vb. אָכַל); cf. Dn 11:33 (‖ חֶרֶב), of calamity Is 43:2; symb. נֹגַהּ אֵשׁ ל׳ of י׳’s presence Is 4:5 (cf. Ex 13:21); לַבַּת אֵשׁ Ex 3:2. point, head of spear 1 S 17:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 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 «לֶהָבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3852/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 29:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.29.7/)

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קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* the.voice of.Yahweh \[is\].striking flames of.fire

*JPS 1917:* The voice of the LORD heweth out flames of fire.

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[Psalms 83:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.15/)

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כְּאֵ֥שׁ תִּבְעַר־יָ֑עַר וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט הָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* like a.fire \[which\].it.burns a.forest and like a.flame \[which\].it.sets.ablaze mountains

*JPS 1917:* As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

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