לָחַךְ
Used: 6 times · Key: 3897 · BDB: לָחַךְ
Glosses
they.will.lick.up (4); it.licked.up (1); licks.up (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
lick tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. lick tree →
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.
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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