דָּלַקdâlaq
דָּלַק: burn, hotly pursue
Pronunciation: daw-lak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1814
Meanings
Qal: active (Genesis 31:36; Obadiah 1:18; Lamentations 4:19)
1. burn (Obadiah 1:18; 2 Kings 17:25; Psalms 7:14)
2. hotly pursue (Genesis 31:36; 1 Samuel 17:53; Psalms 10:2)
Hiph`il: inflame (Isaiah 5:11; Ezekiel 24:10)
: burn
Pe`al: active, burning (Daniel 7:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:36 Then Jacob became very angry, and he challenged Laban. “What’s my crime?” he demanded. “What have I done wrong to make you chase after me as though I were a criminal?
- 1 Samuel 17:53 Then the Israelite army returned and plundered the deserted Philistine camp.
- Psalms 7:13 He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows.
- Psalms 10:2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
- Proverbs 26:23 Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
- Isaiah 5:11 What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).