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H5400 נָשַׂק (nâsaq) naw-sak'
Hebrew
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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

ISA 44:15

Burn | verb hif

to set on fire = causative action by which humans cause an object to start burning

EZK 39:9

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

PSA 78:21

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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