H3886A

לוּעַ

lu.aH:V

to swallow

(Qal) to swallow, swallow down

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[לוּעַ, or לָעַע] verb swallow, swallow down (Syriac , lap or lick up Judg 7:5-7); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural וְלָע֫וּ consecutive Obad 1:16 (Ges^{«GKC:67»§ 67} R. 12); — absolute, figurative of nations drinking (cup of judgment). — Hi De talk wildly, see II.לוע; We Now נָעוּ reel, totter (compare Isa 24:20; Isa 29:9).

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

Obadiah 1:16