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title: לַפִּיד — torch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַפִּיד (3940), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: torch. BDB 1906: n.m. torch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַפִּיד

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«לַפִּיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **torch** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 3940 · **BDB:** לַפִּיד

### Glosses

torches (8); a.torch (4); lightning(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

torch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3940/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. torch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3940/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 15:4 torch (NH id.);—ל׳ abs. Ju 15:4; Is 62:1; cstr. Gn 15:17; Zc 12:6; pl. לַפִּידִים Ju 15:5 + 2 times, לַפִּידִם Ex 20:18, לַפִּדִים Ju 7:16 + 3 times; cstr. לַפִּידֵי Dn 10:6:—torch, Ju 7:16, 20; 15:4(×2), 5 (kindled, הִבְעִיר אֵשׁ בְּ׳); לַפִּיד אֵשׁ Gn 15:17 (+ תַּנּוּר עָשָׁן; JE), Zc 12:6 (sim. of conquering power of \[chiefs of\] Judah; ‖ בִּיּוֹר אֵשׁ), לַפִּידֵי אֵשׁ Dn 10:6 (sim. of eyes of angel in vision; ‖ וּפָנָיו כְּמַרְאֵה בָרָק); sim. of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Na 2:5 (‖ בְּרָקִים); ל׳ of lightning-flashes Ex 20:18 (E; + קוֹלֹת thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Jb 41:11 (‖ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ); of flame between cherubim Ez 1:13 (‖ גַּחֲלֵי־אֵשׁ, אֵשׁ); sim. of Zion’s glorious deliverance Is 62:1 (‖ נֹגַהּ).—לַפִּיד Jb 12:5 v. sub פִּיד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 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 «לַפִּיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3940/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.11/)

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מִ֭פִּיו לַפִּידִ֣ים יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ כִּיד֥וֹדֵי אֵ֝֗שׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

*Word for word:* from mouth its torches they.go sparks of.fire they.escape

*JPS 1917:* Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.

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[Nahum 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.5/)

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בַּֽחוּצוֹת֙ יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת מַרְאֵיהֶן֙ כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* in the streets they.drive.madly the chariotry they rush.around in the.open places appearance their \[are\].like (the) torches like.(the) lightning flashes they.run.around

*JPS 1917:* The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings.

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