לָהַטlâhaṭ
blaze up, flame
Pronunciation: law-hat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3857
Meanings
Qal: flaming (Psalms 104:4; Psalms 57:5)
Pi`el: set ablaze (Malachi 3:19; Joel 1:19; Joel 2:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:22 For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth and all its crops and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
- Job 41:21 Its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth.
- Psalms 57:4 I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.
- Psalms 83:14 As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,
- Psalms 97:3 Fire spreads ahead of him and burns up all his foes.
- Psalms 104:4 The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.
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).