Lexical Definition

‎לָהַט‎ lâhaṭ (law-hat') to kindle ^H:V
a primitive root

burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.

• properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze

1) to burn, blaze, scorch, kindle, blaze up, flame
1a) (Qal) blazing (participle)
1b)(Piel) to scorch, burn, blaze

See Greek: ἀνάπτω · κατακαίω · ταράσσω · φλογίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לָהַט‎] verb blaze up, flame (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac ; Assyrian la±âtu, in derived forms); —

Qal Participle active ‎אֵשׁ לֹהֵט‎ Ps 104:4 a flaming fire (so Bae; ‎אֵשׁ וָלַהַט‎ Bi Che, compare Ol), made into ‎׳‎‎י‎'s servants; plural ‎לֹהֲטִים‎ Ps 57:5* (figurative of enemies, compare ‎לְבָאִם‎ v^a). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎וְלִהַט‎ Mal 3:19* 3 feminine singular ‎לִהֲטָה‎ Joel 1:19 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּלַהֵט‎ Joel 2:3 + 4 t.; ‎וַתְּלַהֵט‎ Deut 32:22 suffix ‎וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ‎ Isa 42:25 — set ablaze, usually with accusative; — foundation of mountains, Deut 32:22 (subject ‎אֵשׁ‎ figurative, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgement, || ‎קָדַח‎, ‎יָקַד‎, ‎אָכַל‎), compare ‎הָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎תְּל‎ Ps 83:15* (in simile, subject ‎לֶהָבָה‎; || ‎כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַריָֿ֑עַר‎; of flame (‎לֶהָבָה‎); consuming trees Joel 1:19 ( of effects of drought; || ‎אֵשׁ אָֽכְלָה‎); persons Mal 3:19* (subject ‎הַיּוֺם הַבָּא‎ || ‎בָּעַר‎); compare Ps 97:3 (subject ‎אֵשׁ‎), Ps 106:18 (subject ‎לֶהָבָה‎ || ‎וַתִּבְעַרֿ אֵשׁ‎; hyperb of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s wrath (‎אַפּוֺ וֱעֶזוּז מִלְחָמָה חֵמָה‎) consuming Jacob Isa 42:25 of crocodile (hyperb.), ‎נַפְשׁוֺ גֶּחָלִים תְלַהֵ֑ט‎ Job 41:13* his breath setteth coals ablaze; absolute Joel 2:3, figurative of devastation by locusts (subject ‎לֶהָבָה‎; || ‎אָֽכְלָה אֵשׁ‎).

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