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Proverbs 26:18
“As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לָהַהּlâhahh · law-hah'
H3856 · Hebrew
H3856 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish
- Derivation
- a primitive root meaning properly, to burn, i.e. (by implication)
- KJV renderings
- faint, mad.
- Grammar
- כְּֽ֭ — preposition
- מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ — verb Hithpalpel, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 47:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לָהַהּ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.