לָעַט

«לָעַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: swallow — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 3938 · BDB: לָעַט

Glosses

let (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

swallow tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swallow (greedily) tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. swallow (greedily) (NH id., Hiph. stuff cattle with food; Syriac ܠܘܽܥܳܛܳܐ jaw; cf. Arabic لَغَطَ speak confusedly, utter indistinct sounds);—only Imv. ms. sf. causat. הַלְעִיטֵנִי Gn 25:30 (J) let me swallow, sq. מִן rei.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Genesis 25:30

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי נָא֙ מִן־הָאָדֹ֤ם הָאָדֹם֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י עָיֵ֖ף אָנֹ֑כִי עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֱדֽוֹם׃

Word for word: and he.said Esau to Jacob let me.swallow please some.of the.red [stew] the.red [stew] (the) this (dm) [am].exhausted I therefore someone.called name his Edom

JPS 1917: And Esau said to Jacob: 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, some of this red, red pottage; for I am faint.' Therefore was his name called Edom.

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