H3859

לָהַם

la.hamH:V

to swallow

1) to gulp, swallow greedily 1a) (Hithpael) to be gulped

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[לָהַם] verb swallow greedily (= Arabic ; DiLex, Ethiopic 25 compare Ethiopic ox, cow); — only Hithpa`el Participle מִתְלַהֲמִים Prov 18:8 i.e. bits greedily swallowed, dainties, = Prov 26:22, simile of tale-bearer's words.


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