Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to catch fire
KJV Usage: burn, kindle
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂלַק (na.saq) — to kindle. 1) to kindle, burn 1a) (Niphal) to be kindled 1b) (Hiphil) to make a fire, burn
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Burn | verb hif
to build a fire, to kindle a fire = causative action by which humans cause fuel such a firewood to start burning
Burn | verb hif
to set on fire = causative action by which humans cause an object to start burning
Angry | verb nif | ≈ אֵשׁ נשׂק
anger flares up literally: fire is kindled; hence: = process by which a deity experiences an extreme displeasure, ◄ as a fire that flares up
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׂלַק] vb. kindle, burn Niph. a fire was kindled against Jacob
Hiph. make a fire, burn
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