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title: לָחַךְ — lick · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָחַךְ (3897), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: lick. BDB 1906: vb. lick. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָחַךְ

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«לָחַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lick** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3897 · **BDB:** לָחַךְ

### Glosses

they.will.lick.up (4); it.licked.up (1); licks.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lick [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3897/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lick [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3897/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lick (NH id.; so Aramaic לְחַךְ, ܠܚܰܟ; Arabic لَحِكَ );— Inf. cstr. כִּלְחֹךְ Nu 22:4 (E), sq. acc.; of ox licking up grass. Pf. 3 fs. לִחֵ֑כָה 1 K 18:38; Impf. 3 mpl. יְלַחֲכוּ Nu 22:4; Mi 7:17; יְלַחֵ֑כוּ ψ 72:9 Is 49:23; lick up (sq. acc.), fire from heaven the water in trench 1 K 18:38; of Isr. consuming produce of land Nu 22:3 (E); especially ל׳ עָפָר lick the dust, sign of humiliation Mi 7:17 ψ 72:9 Is 49:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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 «לָחַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3897/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 72:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.72.9/)

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לְ֭פָנָיו יִכְרְע֣וּ צִיִּ֑ים וְ֝אֹיְבָ֗יו עָפָ֥ר יְלַחֵֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* before him they.will.bow.down desert-dwellers and enemies his dust they.will.lick.up

*JPS 1917:* Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; and his enemies lick the dust.

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[Micah 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.7.17/)

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יְלַחֲכ֤וּ עָפָר֙ כַּנָּחָ֔שׁ כְּזֹחֲלֵ֣י אֶ֔רֶץ יִרְגְּז֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם אֶל־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ יִפְחָ֔דוּ וְיִֽרְא֖וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* they.will.lick.up dust like (the) snake like \[things.which\].crawl of.\[the\].earth they.will.quake from strongholds their to Yahweh God our they.will.be.in.dread and they.will.be.afraid from you

*JPS 1917:* They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of Thee.

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