שַׁלְהֶבֶתshalhebeth
flame (Ezekiel 21:3; Job 15:30; Song of Solomon 8:6)
Pronunciation: shal-heh'-beth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7957
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Job 15:30 “They will not escape the darkness. The burning sun will wither their shoots, and the breath of God will destroy them.
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.
- Ezekiel 20:47 Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Hear the word of the Lord! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.
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).