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Strong's #7957 - שַׁלְהֶבֶת
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1255) bl (לב LB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: Think: The pictograph l is a picture of the shepherd staff representing authority, the b is a picture of a tent representing what is inside. Combined these mean "authority inside". The consciousness of man is seen as coming from deep inside the chest, the heart. Thirst as an Inside desire for water. (eng: life; love; liver - the seat of passion; lava)
A) bl (לב LB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: ?: The organ that pumps blood. This organ is also seen as the seat of thought and emotion, the mind.
Nm) bl (לב LB) - Heart: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: lb] KJV (594): heart, mind, understanding, wisdom, friendly - Strongs: H1079 (בָּל), H3820 (לֵב), H3821 (לֵב)
Nf1 ) ebl (לבה LBH) - Flame: KJV (1): flame - Strongs: H3827 (לַבָּה)
B) bbl (לבב LBB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: ?: The organ that pumps blood. The heart is also seen as the seat of thought and emotion, the mind.
V) bbl (לבב LBB) - Heart: To be wise of heart. KJV (5): (vf: Niphal, Piel) heart, make, wise - Strongs: H3823 (לָבַב)
Nm) bbl (לבב LBB) - Heart: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (259): heart, mind, understanding - Strongs: H3824 (לֵבָב), H3825 (לְבַב)
bf1) ebibl (לביבה LBYBH) - Cake: In the sense of being fat like the heart. KJV (3): cake - Strongs: H3834 (לָבִיבָה)
D) bal (לאב LAB) AC: ? CO: Thirst AB: ?: An Inside desire for water.
idf1) ebfalt (תלאובה TLAWBH) - Drought: KJV (1): drought - Strongs: H8514 (תַּלְאֻבוֹת)
E) abl (לבא LBA) AC: ? CO: Lion AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
bf) aibl (לביא LBYA) - Lion: KJV (14): lion, lioness, young - Strongs: H3833 (לְבָאוֹת)
G) bel (להב LHB) AC: ? CO: Flame AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
Nm) bel (להב LHB) - I. Flame: II. Blade:As shiny. KJV (12): flame, blade, glittering, bright - Strongs: H3851 (לַהַב)
Nf1) ebel (להבה LHBH) - I. Flame:[df: tbhl]II. Blade:As shiny. KJV (19): flame, head - Strongs: H3852 (לַחֶבֶת)
Nf2) tbel (להבת LHBT) - Flame: [df: tbhls] KJV (3): flame - Strongs: H7957 (שַׁלְהֶבֶת)
M) bil (ליב LYB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: ?: The organ that pumps blood. This organ is also seen as the seat of thought and emotion, the mind.
Nf1) bil (ליב LYB) - Heart: KJV (8): heart - Strongs: H3826 (לִבָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
) — in ׳לַהֶבֶת שׁ Ezekiel 21:3, of judgment; so שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת Job 15:30; רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה Song of Solomon 8:6i.e. Yahweh-flame = powerful flame (> Jäger BAS i.471 Jastr JBL xiii (1894), 111 explains יָֿה here as encl. particle)
שַׁלְהֶבֶת f. flame, from the root לָהַב; whence the Chald. and Syriac Shaphel שַׁלְהֵב. Job 15:30; Ezekiel 21:3; Song of Solomon 8:6, שַׁלְהֶבֶת־יָהּ (in other copies conjointly שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָהּ, and without Mappik שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה, without change of sense) “the flame of Jehovah,” i.e. lightning.
