Lexical Definition

‎לוּעַ‎ lûwaʻ (loo'-ah) to swallow ^H:V
a primitive root

swallow down (up).

• to gulp
• figuratively, to be rash

1) (Qal) to swallow, swallow down

See Greek: καταβαίνω · φαῦλος

Extended Information

• to talk wildly

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לוּעַ‎, or ‎לָעַע‎] verb swallow, swallow down (Syriac , lap or lick up Judg 7:5-7); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎וְלָע֫וּ‎ consecutive Obad 1:16 (Ges^{«GKC:67»§ 67} R. 12); — absolute, figurative of nations drinking (cup of judgment). — Hi De talk wildly, see II.‎לוע‎; We Now ‎נָעוּ‎ reel, totter (compare Isa 24:20; Isa 29:9).

Also see: יָלַע

II. [‎לוּע‎, or ‎לָעַע‎] verb talk wildly (ᵑ0 ‎לָ֑עוּ‎ ‎יָ֫לַע‎ perhaps better would be ‎לָעוּ֫‎, ‎יִ֫לַע‎ (√ ‎לעה‎), compare Thes and Arabic , make mistakes in talking, Ba^{ZMG xii. 1887, 605, 614}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎לָ֑עוּ‎ Job 6:3, subject ‎דברים‎ (see Di); Imperfect ‎מוֺקֵשׁ אָדָם יָ֫לַע קֹדֶשׁ‎ Prov 20:25 it is a snare to a man that he should rashly cry, Holy ! (construction unusual, and perhaps text, error, compare Frankenberg; on form see Ol^{§ 243 a Anm}; Bö^{i. 296} Kö^{i. 375 f.} derive from ‎לעע‎; Str., Hiph`il from ‎לעע‎).

‎לוץ‎ see ‎ליץ‎.

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