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Lexicon :: Strong's H3897 - lāḥaḵ

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לָחַךְ
Transliteration
lāḥaḵ
Pronunciation
law-khak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1103

Strong’s Definitions

לָחַךְ lâchak, law-khak'; a primitive root; to lick:—lick (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3897 in the following manner: lick (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3897 in the following manner: lick (6x).

  1. to lick, lick up

    1. (Qal) to lick up

    2. (Piel) to lick up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָחַךְ lâchak, law-khak'; a primitive root; to lick:—lick (up).
STRONGS H3897: Abbreviations
† לחַךְ verb lick (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic לְחַךְ bdb053504; Arabic bdb053505; —
Qal Infinitive construct כִּלְחֹךְ Numbers 22:4 (E), followed by accusative; of ox licking up grass.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular לִחֵ֑כָה 1 Kings 18:38; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְלַחֲכוּ Numbers 22:4; Micah 7:17; יְלַחֵ֑כוּ Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 43:23; lick up (followed by accusative), fire from heaven the water in trench 1 Kings 18:38; of Israel consuming produce of land Numbers 22:3(E); especially עָפָר ל׳ lick the dust, sign of humiliation Micah 7:17; Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22:3; 22:4; 22:4

1 Kings

18:38; 18:38

Psalms

72:9; 72:9

Isaiah

43:23; 49:23

Micah

7:17; 7:17

H3897

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3897 matches the Hebrew לָחַךְ (lāḥaḵ),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us like an ox eats up the green plants in the field.”

Since Balak son of Zippor was Moab’s king at that time,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:38

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Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:9

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May desert tribes kneel before him

and his enemies lick the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:23

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Kings will be your guardians

and their queens[fn] your nursing mothers.

They will bow down to you

with their faces to the ground

and lick the dust at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the LORD;

those who put their hope in me

will not be put to shame.

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They will lick the dust like a snake;

they will come trembling out of their hiding places

like reptiles slithering on the ground.

They will tremble in the presence of the LORD our God;

they will stand in awe of you.

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