לָחַךְlâchak
lick
Pronunciation: law-khak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3897
Meanings
Qal: of ox licking up grass (Numbers 22:4)
Pi`el: lick up (1 Kings 18:38; Numbers 22:4; Micah 7:17)
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 22:4 The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!” So Balak, king of Moab,
- 1 Kings 18:38 Immediately the fire of the Lord flashed down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up all the water in the trench!
- Psalms 72:9 Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust.
- Isaiah 49:23 Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before you and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”
- Micah 7:17 Like snakes crawling from their holes, they will come out to meet the Lord our God. They will fear him greatly, trembling in terror at his presence.
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).