luwa'
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3886. luwa'

luwa': swallow
Original Word: לָעַע
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: luwa'
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-ah)
Short Definition: swallow

[לוּעַ, or לָעַע] verb swallow, swallow down (Syriac , lap or lick up Judges 7:5-7); —

Qal Perfect3plural וְלָע֫וּ consecutive Obadiah 16 (Ges§ 67 R. 12); — absolute, figurative of nations drinking (cup of judgment). — Hi De talk wildly, see

II.לוע; We Now נָעוּ reel, totter (compare Isaiah 24:20; Isaiah 29:9).

II. [לוּע, or לָעַע] verb talk wildly (ᵑ0 לָ֑עוּ יָ֫לַע perhaps better would be לָעוּ֫, יִ֫לַע (√ לעה), compare Thes and Arabic , make mistakes in talking, BaZMG xii. 1887, 605, 614); —

Qal Perfect3masculine plural לָ֑עוּ Job 6:3, subject דברים (see Di); Imperfect מוֺקֵשׁ אָדָם יָ֫לַע קֹדֶשׁ Proverbs 20:25 it is a snare to a man that he should rashly cry, Holy ! (construction unusual, and perhaps text, error, compare Frankenberg; on form see Ol§ 243 a Anm; Böi. 296i. 375 f. derive from לעע; Str., Hiph`il from לעע).

לוץ see ליץ.



swallow down up

A primitive root; to gulp; figuratively, to be rash -- swallow down (up).

wə·lān — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·neh — 1 Occ.
wə·lan·nū — 1 Occ.
wə·lîn — 1 Occ.
wə·lî·nū — 1 Occ.
wə·nā·lîn — 1 Occ.
wə·yiṯ·lō·nān — 1 Occ.
yā·lîn — 14 Occ.
yā·lî·nū — 5 Occ.
yiṯ·lō·w·nān — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·‘ū — 1 Occ.
bim·lî·ṣê — 1 Occ.
ham·mê·lîṣ — 1 Occ.
hĕ·lî·ṣu·nî — 1 Occ.
lal·lê·ṣîm — 2 Occ.
lêṣ — 11 Occ.
lê·ṣîm — 1 Occ.
mê·lîṣ — 1 Occ.
mə·lî·ṣay — 1 Occ.
tiṯ·lō·w·ṣā·ṣū — 1 Occ.


Strong's Hebrew 3886
2 Occurrences


lā·‘ū — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·‘ū — 1 Occ.

Job 6:3
BIB: כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃
NAS: Therefore my words have been rash.
KJV: therefore my words are swallowed up.
INT: after that my words have been

Obadiah 1:16
BIB: תָּמִ֑יד וְשָׁת֣וּ וְלָע֔וּ וְהָי֖וּ כְּל֥וֹא
NAS: They will drink and swallow And become
KJV: yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not
INT: continually will drink and swallow and become had never

2 Occurrences


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