Lexical Definition

‎לֶהָבָה‎ lehâbâh (leh-aw-baw') flame ^H:N-F
or לַהֶבֶת lahebeth (lah-eh'-beth); feminine of ‎לַהַב‎, and meaning the same

flame(-ming), head (of a spear).

• {a flash
• figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}

1) flame
2) tip of weapon, point, head of spear

See Greek: καίω · λόγχη · πῦρ · φέγγος · φλόξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לֶהָבָה‎ noun feminine id.; — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Num 21:28 + 13 t., ‎לַהֶ֫בֶת‎ absolute Job 15:30 construct Ezek 21:3* ‎לַבַּת‎ Exod 3:3 (= ‎לַהְבַּת‎; Samaritan ‎להבת‎, see Di); plural ‎לָהָבוֺת‎ Ps 105:32 construct ‎לַהֲבוֺת‎ Ps 29:7 —

1. flame, in poetry (|| or + ‎אֵשׁ‎, except Ps 29:7; Dan 11:33); of fire consuming (‎לָהַט‎) Dathan, etc. Ps 106:18 (compare Num 16:35); wasting (‎לָהַט‎) mountains Num 83:15 consuming (‎אָכַל‎, ‎בָּעֵר‎) chaff (in simile) Isa 5:24 of lightning (with hail) ‎׳‎‎אשׁ ל‎ Ps 105:32 (compare Exod 9:24), Ps 29:7 ‎אֵשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ (on text of see compare Che); simile of judgment, ‎׳‎‎אֵשׁ ל‎ Lam 2:3 (verb ‎אָכַל‎) Hos 7:6 (verb ‎כָּעֵר‎) Isa 47:14 ‎ׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎(מִיַד ל‎; compare Isa 10:17; Obad 1:18 ‎׳‎‎שַׁלְה‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Ezek 21:3* figurative of drought Joel 1:19, of locusts' ravages Joel 2:3 (verb ‎לָהַט‎ in both); of war Num 21:28; Jer 48:4 (both verb ‎אָכַל‎); compare Dan 11:33 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(חֶרֶב‎; of calamity Isa 43:2 symbolic ‎׳‎‎נֹגַהּ אֵשׁ ל‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s presence Isa 4:5 (compare Exod 13:21); ‎לַבַּת אֵשׁ‎ Exod 3:2.

2. point, head of spear 1Sam 17:7.

‎לַבַּת אֵשׁ‎ Exod 3:2 see ‎לֶהָבָה‎ above

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