Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to lick
KJV Usage: lick (up)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לָחַךְ (la.chakh) — to lick. 1) to lick, lick up 1a) (Qal) to lick up 1b) (Piel) to lick up
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Ingest | verb qal
to lick up = action by which animals ingest food with the help of their tongue
Insignificant | verb pi
Collocation: לחך עָפָר
to lick the dust literally: to lick the dust; hence: = process by which humans are deeply humiliated by being forced to lie prostrate on the ground before those in authority, and, in some cases, having to lick the dust from their feet
Non-Exist | verb pi
to lick up > to consume literally: to lick up; hence: = a process by which humans completely use up all vegetation in a certain area
Non-Exist | verb pi
to lick up > to consume literally: to lick up; hence: = process by which liquids are completely vaporized by fire
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[לָחַךְ] vb. lick Qal of ox licking up grass.
Pi. lick up, fire fr. heaven the water in trench; of Isr. consuming produce of land; lick the dust, sign of humiliation
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