lua (H3886) — Hebrew Word Study — MannaFest

Hebrew · Strong's H3886

לוּעַ

lualoo'-ah

to gulp

1890 spelling: lûwaʻ

Gematria 106

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to gulp; figuratively, to be rash

Rendered in the KJV as

swallow down (up).

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וְלָע֔וּ1
לָֽעוּ׃1

How it is rendered · 2

and they will swallow1
they have been rash1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

Hc/Vqq3cp1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1

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Hc/Vqq3cp · 1
HVqp3cp · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job1 of 2 · 50%
Obadiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Job1 occurrence

Job 6:3לָֽעוּ׃lauverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.here: they have been rash

Obadiah1 occurrence

Obadiah 1:16וְלָע֔וּvelauHc/Vqq3cpFor as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.here: and they will swallow

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