Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7957 |
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| Word: | שַׁלהֶבֶת |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from the same as H3851 with sibilant prefix |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | shalhebeth |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shal-heh'-beth |
| Meaning: | 1. a flare of fire |
| KJV Renderings: | (flaming) flame. |
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שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת noun feminine flame (Aramaic שַׁלְהוֺבִיתָא [untranscribed source text 2762]) — in ׳ לַהֶבֶת שׁ Ezek 21:3, of judgment; so שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת Job 15:30 רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה Song 8:6 i.e. Yahweh-flame = powerful flame (> JägerBAS i.471 JastrJBL xiii (1894), 111 explains יָֿה here as encl. particle)
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
