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Strong's #3216 - יָלַע
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- (Qal) to speak rashly, talk wildly
- (TWOT) to swallow, swallow down
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1269) ol (לאה LAh) AC: Swallow CO: Throat AB: ?
A) ol (לאה LAh) AC: ? CO: Throat AB: ?
Nm ) ol (לאה LAh) - Throat: KJV (1): throat - Strongs: H3930 (לֹעַ)
im) olt (תלאה TLAh) - Crimson: The color of the throat. KJV (1): scarlet - Strongs: H8529 (תָּלַע)
J) ofl (לואה LWAh) AC: Swallow CO: ? AB: ?
V) ofl (לואה LWAh) - Swallow: KJV (2): (vf: Paal) swallow - Strongs: H3886 (לוּעַ)
L) oli (ילאה YLAh) AC: Devour CO: ? AB: ?
V) oli (ילאה YLAh) - Devour: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) devour - Strongs: H3216 (יָלַע)
im) olft (תולאה TWLAh) - I. Crimson:The color of the throat. II. Worm:A crimson colored worm. KJV (43): scarlet, worm - Strongs: H8438 (תֹּלַעַת)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
ילף (√ of foll; meaning dubious; Arabic 
III. is conjunctus fuit cum aliquo, etc., Frey; whence ילפת as an accretion? so Thes 'ab adhaerendo').
יָלַע i.q. לָעָה [i.q. לוּע Thes.], Arab. لغى to utter anything rashly (Syn. בָּטָא), Proverbs 20:25. In Arabic the verb لغى is used of rash oaths, Kor. Sur. ii. 225. As to the power of the syllable לע see under לוּעַ.
[Hence תּוֹלָע and תּוֹלֵעָה in Thes.]
