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title: שַׁלְהֶבֶת — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁלְהֶבֶת (7957), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: flame. BDB 1906: n.f. flame. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁלְהֶבֶת

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«שַׁלְהֶבֶת» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7957 · **BDB:** שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת

### Glosses

a.flame (1); of.flame (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7957/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7957/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. flame (Aramaic שַׁלְהוֹבִיתָא, ܫܰܠܗܶܒܺܝܬܳܐ )—in לַהֶבֶת שׁ׳ Ez 21:3, of judgment; so שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת Jb 15:30; רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה Ct 8:6 i.e. Yahweh-flame = powerful flame (\> JägerBAS i.471 JastrowJBL xiii (1894), 111 expl. ־יָה here as encl. part.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «שַׁלְהֶבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7957/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.30/)

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לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* not he.will.depart from darkness shoot\[s\] his.young it.will.dry.up a.flame and he.will.depart by the.breath his.mouth his

*JPS 1917:* He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.

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[Ezekiel 21:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.3/)

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וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ לְיַ֣עַר הַנֶּ֔גֶב שְׁמַ֖ע דְּבַר־יְהוָ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֡ה הִנְנִ֣י מַֽצִּית־בְּךָ֣ ׀ אֵ֡שׁ וְאָכְלָ֣ה בְךָ֣ כָל־עֵֽץ־לַח֩ וְכָל־עֵ֨ץ יָבֵ֤שׁ לֹֽא־תִכְבֶּה֙ לַהֶ֣בֶת שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶת וְנִצְרְבוּ־בָ֥הּ כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים מִנֶּ֥גֶב צָפֽוֹנָה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.say to the.forest of the.south hear the.word of.Yahweh thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here I \[am\].about.to.kindle in you a.fire and it.will.consume in you every tree moist and every tree dry not it.will.be.extinguished \[the\].flame of.flame and they.will.be.scorched by it all faces from.\[the\] south north to.\[the\]

*JPS 1917:* and say to the forest of the South: Hear the word of the LORD: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree, it shall not be quenched, even a flaming flame; and all faces from the south to the north shall be seared thereby.

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