Hebrew · Strong's H3897
לָחַךְ
lachaklaw-khak'
to lick
1890 spelling: lâchak
Gematria 58· 538 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to lick
Rendered in the KJV as
lick (up).
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- יְלַחֲכ֤וּ2
- יְלַחֵ֑כוּ1
- יְלַחֵֽכוּ׃1
- כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ1
- לִחֵֽכָה׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- they will lick up4
- as licks up1
- it licked up1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural4
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi3mp · 4
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HVpp3fs · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 22:4יְלַחֲכ֤וּyelachakhuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralSo the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,here: they will lick up
- Numbers 22:4כִּלְחֹ֣ךְkilchokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,here: as licks up