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Strongs H3897

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לָחַךְ (lâchak) v (law-khak')
Source: a primitive root;
Meaning: to lick
KJV: lick (up).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

Appears in a total of 5 verses:

MIC 7:17

OET-LV: 17 They_will_lick_up dust like_snake like_things_which_crawl_of the_earth they_will_quake from_their_of_strongholds 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)

PSA 72:9

OET-LV: 9 Before_him wilderness-dwellers they_will_bow_down and_his_of_enemies 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)

KI1 18:38

OET-LV: 38 And_ the_fire_of _it_fell of_YHWH 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)

NUM 22:4

OET-LV: 4 And_ Mōʼāⱱ _he/it_said to the_elders_of Midyān now they_will_lick_up the_company DOM all_of around_of_us as_licks_up the_ox 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)

ISA 49:23

OET-LV: 23 And_they_will_be kings your(pl)_of_foster-fathers 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_of they_will_lick_up and_you_will_know if/because_that I am_YHWH whom not they_will_be_ashamed those_of_who_wait_for_me.   (ISA_49:23)

OET-RV: 23 ◙
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 ⇔ … (ISA 49:23)

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