לֶהָבָה
Used: 19 times · Key: 3852 · BDB: לֶהָבָה
Glosses
a.flame (5); flame (5); of.flame (3)
Meaning (OSHB)
flame tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. id. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. id.;—ל׳ Nu 21:28 + 13 times, לַהֶ֫בֶת cstr. 1 S 17:7; Ez 21:3; לַבַּת Ex 3:2 (= לַהְבַּת; Sam. להבת, v. Di); pl. לֶהָבוֹת ψ 105:32; cstr. לַהֲבוֹת ψ 29:7;— flame, poet. (‖ or + אֵשׁ, except ψ 29:7 Dn 11:33); of fire consuming (לָהַט) Dathan, etc. ψ 106:18 (cf. Nu 16:35); wasting (לָהַט) mts. 83:15; consuming (אָכַל, בָּעֵר) chaff (in sim.) Is 5:24; of lightning (with hail) אשׁ ל׳ ψ 105:32 (cf. Ex 9:24), ψ 29:7 ל׳ אֵשׁ (on text of v. cf. Che); sim. of judgment, אֵשׁ ל׳ La 2:3 (vb. אָכַל) Ho 7:6 (vb. בָּעֵר) Is 47:14 (מִיַּד ל׳); cf. 10:17; Ob 18; ל׳ שַׁלְה׳ Ez 21:3; fig. of drought Jo 1:19, of locusts’ ravages 2:3 (vb. לָהַט in both); of war Nu 21:28 Je 48:45 (both vb. אָכַל); cf. Dn 11:33 (‖ חֶרֶב), of calamity Is 43:2; symb. נֹגַהּ אֵשׁ ל׳ of י׳’s presence Is 4:5 (cf. Ex 13:21); לַבַּת אֵשׁ Ex 3:2. point, head of spear 1 S 17:7.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 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 «לֶהָבָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃
Word for word: the.voice of.Yahweh [is].striking flames of.fire
JPS 1917: The voice of the LORD heweth out flames of fire.
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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