Lexical Definition

‎לַפִּיד‎ lappîyd (lap-peed') torch ^H:N-M
or לַפִּד lappid (lap-peed'); from an unused root probably meaning to shine

(fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.

• a flambeau, lamp or flame

1) torch

See Greek: λαμπάς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לַפּיד‎ noun masculine^{Judg 15:4} torch (Late Hebrew id.); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute Judg 15:4; Isa 62:1 construct Gen 15:17; Zech 12:6 plural ‎לַפִּידִים‎ Judg 15:5 + 2 t., ‎לַפִּידִם‎ Exod 20:18, ‎לַפִּדִים‎ Judg 7:16 + 3 t.; construct ‎לַפִּידֵי‎ Dan 10:6: — torch, Judg 7:16; Judg 7:20; Judg 15:4 (twice in verse); Judg 15:5 (kindled, ‎׳‎‎הִבְעִיר אֵשׁ בְּ‎); ‎לַפִּיד אֵשׁ‎ Gen 15:17 ( + ‎עָשָׁן‎, ‎תַּנּוּר‎; J E), Zech 12:6 (simile of conquering power of [chiefs of] Judah; || ‎כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ‎), ‎לַפִּידֵי אֵשׁ‎ Dan 10:6 (simile of eyes of angel in vision; || ‎וּפָנָיו כְּמַרְאֵה בָרָק‎); simile of flashes (reflected from) darting chariots Nah 2:15 (|| ‎בְּרָקִים‎); ‎׳‎‎ל‎ of lightning-flashes Exod 20:18 (E; + ‎קוֺלֹת‎ thunder-peals); of flashing water-drops expelled by snortings of crocodile Job 41:11* (|| ‎כִּידוֺדֵי‎ ‎אֵשׁ‎); of flame between cherubim Ezek 1:13 (|| ‎גַּחֲלֵיֿ‎ ‎אֵשׁ‎, ‎אֵשׁ‎); simile of Zion's glorious deliverance Isa 62:1 (|| ‎נֹגַהּ‎). — ‎לַפִּיד‎ Job 12:5 see below ‎פִּיד‎.

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