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title: לָהַט — blaze up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָהַט (3857), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: blaze up. BDB 1906: vb. blaze up, flame. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָהַט

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«לָהַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blaze up** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 3857 · **BDB:** לָהַט

### Glosses

it.sets.ablaze (3); it.has.set.ablaze (2); \[which\].it.sets.ablaze (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blaze up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3857/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. blaze up, flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3857/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. blaze up, flame (NH id.; Syriac ܠܗܶܛ; Assyrian laʾâṭu, in der. forms);— Pt. act. אֵשׁ לֹהֵט ψ 104:4 a flaming fire (so Bae; אֵשׁ וָלַהַט Bi Che, cf. Ol), made into י׳’s servants; pl. לֹהֲטִים 57:5 (fig. of enemies, cf. לְבָאִם v a). Pf. 3ms. וְלִהַט Mal 3:19; 3 fs. לִהּטָה Jo 1:19; Impf. 3 fs. תְּלַהֵט Jo 2:3 + 4 times; וַתְּלַהֵט Dt 32:22; sf. וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ Is 42:25;—set ablaze, usually c. acc.;—foundation of mts., Dt 32:22 (subj. אֵשׁ, fig. of י׳’s judgment, ‖ קָדַח, יָקַד, אָכַל), cf. תְּל׳ הָרִים ψ 83:15 (in sim., subj. לֶהָבָה; ‖ כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַר־יָ֑עַר); of flame (לֶהָבָה) consuming trees Jo 1:19 (of effects of drought; ‖ אֵשׁ אָֽכְלָה); persons Mal 3:19 (subj. הַיּוֹם הַבָּא; ‖ בָּעַר); cf. ψ 97:3 (subj. אֵשׁ), 106:18 (subj. לֶהָבָה; ‖ וַתִּבְעַר־אֵשׁ); hyperb. of י׳’s wrath (חֵמָה אַפּוֹ וֶעֱזוּז מִלְחָמָה) consuming Jacob Is 42:25; of crocodile (hyperb.), נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵ֑ט Jb 41:13 his breath setteth coals ablaze; abs. Jo 2:3, fig. of devastation by locusts (subj. לֶהָבָה; ‖ אָֽכְלָה אֵשׁ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָהַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3857/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.4/)

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עֹשֶׂ֣ה מַלְאָכָ֣יו רוּח֑וֹת מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו אֵ֣שׁ לֹהֵֽט׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].making messengers his winds servants his a.fire blazing

*JPS 1917:* Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers.

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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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