Hebrew root (lemma) ‘לָחַךְ’ (lāḩak)

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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This root form (lemma) ‘לָחַךְ’ is used in 4 different forms in the Hebrew originals: יְלַחֵכוּ (2, Vpi3mp), יְלַחֲכוּ (2, Vpi3mp), לִחֵכָה (1, Vpp3fs), כִּ,לְחֹךְ (1, R,Vqc).

It is glossed in 3 different ways: ‘they_will_lick_up’(4), ‘it_licked_up’(1), ‘as,licks_up’(1).

Have 6 uses of Hebrew root (lemma) ‘לָחַךְ’ (lāḩak) in the Hebrew originals

NUM 22:4 יְלַחֲכוּ (yəlaḩₐkū) Vpi3mp contextual word gloss=‘they_will_lick_up’ word gloss=‘lick_up’ OSHB NUM 22:4 word 7

OET-LV: 4 And_ Mōʼāⱱ _he/it _said to the _elders _of Midyān now the_company they_will_lick_up DOM all _of around _of_us as_ the_ox _licks _up DOM the _greenery _of the_field and_Bālāq the _son _of Tsipōr/(Zippor) was_king of_Mōʼāⱱ at_time the_that. (NUM 22:4)

OET-RV: 4 and they told the elders at Midyan, “Now all that lot will devour everything that’s around us, just like a cow completely cleans out a green field.”
¶ Now Tsipor’s son Balak was Moav’s king at that time, (NUM 22:4)

NUM 22:4 כִּ,לְחֹךְ (ki, ləḩok) R,Vqc contextual morpheme glosses=‘as, licks_up’ morpheme glosses=‘as, licks_up’ OSHB NUM 22:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 And_ Mōʼāⱱ _he/it _said to the _elders _of Midyān now the_company they _will _lick _up DOM all _of around _of_us as_ the_ox _licks_up DOM the _greenery _of the_field and_Bālāq the _son _of Tsipōr/(Zippor) was_king of_Mōʼāⱱ at_time the_that. (NUM 22:4)

OET-RV: 4 and they told the elders at Midyan, “Now all that lot will devour everything that’s around us, just like a cow completely cleans out a green field.”
¶ Now Tsipor’s son Balak was Moav’s king at that time, (NUM 22:4)

1 KI 18:38 לִחֵכָה (liḩēkāh) Vpp3fs contextual word gloss=‘it_licked_up’ word gloss=‘licked_up’ OSHB 1 KI 18:38 word 17

OET-LV: 38 And_ the _fire _of YHWH _it _fell and_she/it _ate DOM the _burnt_offering and_DOM the_wood(s) and_DOM the_stones and_DOM the_dust and_DOM the_waters which was_in_trench it_licked_up. (KI1 18:38)

OET-RV: 38 Then Yahweh sent fire down from the sky that consumed the pieces of meat, the firewood, the stones, and the dirt around the altar, including all the water that had been in the trench. (KI1 18:38)

PSA 72:9 יְלַחֵכוּ (yəlaḩēkū) Vpi3mp contextual word gloss=‘they_will_lick_up’ word gloss=‘lick’ OSHB PSA 72:9 word 6

OET-LV: 9 Before_him wilderness-dwellers they _will _bow _down and_enemies _of_his dust they_will_lick_up. (PSA 72:9)

OET-RV: 9 May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him.
⇔ ≈ May his enemies lick the dust. (PSA 72:9)

ISA 49:23 יְלַחֵכוּ (yəlaḩēkū) Vpi3mp contextual word gloss=‘they_will_lick_up’ word gloss=‘lick’ OSHB ISA 49:23 word 12

OET-LV: 23 And_they _will _be kings foster-fathers _of_your and_their _noble _of_ladies nurses _of_your _wet faces ground they _will _bow _down to/for_you(fs) and_the _dust _of your _two’s _feet _of_your they_will_lick_up and_you _will _know if/because _that I am_YHWH whom not those _of_who_wait _for _me they _will _be _ashamed. (ISA 49:23)

OET-RV: 23 Kings will become your children’s tutors,
⇔ ≈ and their noble ladies will become your wet nurses.
⇔ They’ll bow down to you with their faces to the ground
⇔ ≈ and lick the dust from your feet.
⇔ → Then you’ll know that I am Yahweh—those who patiently rely on my assistance won’t be humiliated. (ISA 49:23)

MIC 7:17 יְלַחֲכוּ (yəlaḩₐkū) Vpi3mp contextual word gloss=‘they_will_lick_up’ word gloss=‘lick’ OSHB MIC 7:17 word 1

OET-LV: 17 They_will_lick_up dust like_snake like_things _which_crawl _of the_earth they _will _quake from_strongholds _of_their to YHWH god _of_our they _will _be _in _dread and_they _will _be _afraid from_you. (MIC 7:17)

OET-RV: 17 They’ll lick the dust like a snake—
⇔ ≈ like creatures that crawl on the earth.
⇔ They’ll be trembling as they come out of their fortresses.
⇔ ≈ They’ll come with fear to you, our god Yahweh,
⇔ ≈ and they’ll be afraid because of you. (MIC 7:17)