H3216

יָלַע

ya.laH:V

to blurt

1) (Qal) to speak rashly, talk wildly 1a) (TWOT) to swallow, swallow down

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יַָלע Prov 20:25 see לעע.

II. [לוּע, or לָעַע] verb talk wildly (ᵑ0 לָ֑עוּ יָ֫לַע perhaps better would be לָעוּ֫, יִ֫לַע (√ לעה), compare Thes and Arabic , make mistakes in talking, Ba^{ZMG xii. 1887, 605, 614}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine plural לָ֑עוּ Job 6:3, subject דברים (see Di); Imperfect מוֺקֵשׁ אָדָם יָ֫לַע קֹדֶשׁ Prov 20:25 it is a snare to a man that he should rashly cry, Holy ! (construction unusual, and perhaps text, error, compare Frankenberg; on form see Ol^{§ 243 a Anm}; Bö^{i. 296} Kö^{i. 375 f.} derive from לעע; Str., Hiph`il from לעע).

לוץ see ליץ.

1 occurrence

Proverbs 20:25