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title: לַהַט — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַהַט (3858), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: flame. BDB 1906: flame. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַהַט

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«לַהַט» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3858 · **BDB:** לַ֫הַט

### Glosses

the.flame (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3858/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3858/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] flame;—only cstr. לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת Gn 3:24 the flame of the whirling sword.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַהַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3858/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 3:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.24/)

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וַיְגָ֖רֶשׁ אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן֩ מִקֶּ֨דֶם לְגַן־עֵ֜דֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִ֗ים וְאֵ֨ת לַ֤הַט הַחֶ֙רֶב֙ הַמִּתְהַפֶּ֔כֶת לִשְׁמֹ֕ר אֶת־דֶּ֖רֶךְ עֵ֥ץ הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.drove.out (et) the man and he.caused.to.dwell from east of the.garden of.Eden (et) the cherubim and (et) the.flame of the.sword (the) whirling to guard (et) the.way of.the.tree of.(the) life

*JPS 1917:* So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.

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