לָהַם

«לָהַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: swallow greedily — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 3859 · BDB: לָהַם

Glosses

delicacies (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

swallow greedily tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swallow greedily tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. swallow greedily (= Arabic لَهِمَ; DiLex. Ethiopic 25 comp. Ethiopic ላህም: ox, cow);—only Pt. מִתְלַהֲמִים Pr 18:8 i.e. bits greedily swallowed, dainties, = 26:22, sim. of tale-bearer’s words.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לָהַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 18:8

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

Word for word: [the].words of.a.slanderer [are].like delicacies and they they.go.down [the].chambers of.[the].belly

JPS 1917: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 26:22

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

Word for word: [the].words of.a.slanderer [are].like delicacies and they they.go.down [the].chambers of.[the].belly

JPS 1917: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

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