Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7957 - שַׁלְהֶבֶת shalhebeth (flame)

Original Word:	שַׁלְהֶבֶת
Transliteration:	shalhebeth
Definition:	flame
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(shal-heh'-beth)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

flaming flame

From the same as lahab with sibilant prefix; a flare of fire -- (flaming) flame.

see HEBREW lahab

Englishman's Concordance

1) flame
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H3851 with sibilant prefix
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1077c

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶתnoun feminineflame (Aramaic שַׁלְהוֺבִיתָא

) — in ׳לַהֶבֶת שׁEzekiel 21:3, of judgment; so שַׁלְהָ֑בֶתJob 15:30; רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָהSongs 8:6 i.e. Yahweh-flame=powerful flame (> Jäger^{BAS i.471} Jastr^{JBL xiii (1894), 111} explains יָֿה here as encl. particle)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7957. שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת (shalhebeth) — 3 Occurrences

Job 15:30
HEB:יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ
NAS: from darkness; The flame will wither
KJV: out of darkness; the flame shall dry up
INT: his shoots will wither the flame will go the breath

Songs 8:6
HEB:רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה׃
NAS: of fire, The [very] flame of the LORD.
KJV: of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame.
INT: are flashes of fire the flame

Ezekiel 20:47
HEB:תִכְבֶּה֙ לַהֶ֣בֶת שַׁלְהֶ֔בֶת וְנִצְרְבוּ־ בָ֥הּ
KJV: the flaming flame shall not be quenched,
INT: will not be quenched the blazing flame will be burned and the whole

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