Quick Definition
to burn/pursue
Strong's Definition
to flame (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
TWOT Reference: 435
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
דָּלַק (da.laq) — to burn/pursue. 1) to burn, hotly pursue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to burn 1a2) to hotly pursue 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to kindle 1b2) to inflame Aramaic equivalent: de.laq (דְּלַק "to burn" H1815)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · דַּלֶּקֶת
Burn | verb qal
to burn, to flame, to be fiery = process by which an object is affected or consumed by fire
Burn | verb qal, verb hif
to set fire, to set on fire = causative action by which someone causes something else to be affected or consumed by fire
Burn | verb hif
Collocation: דלק אֵשׁ
to kindle a fire = causative action by which someone causes a fire to increase its intensity by stirring it or adding fuel
Move | verb qal
to pursue hotly, to chase, to hound, to hunt down = action by which someone pursue someone else vigorously ◄ as if on fire
Unsafe | verb qal
to hunt down > to oppress = causative action by which humans cause hardship to other humans ◄ as if continuously pursuing them
1 PSA 7:14 NJPS "makes his arrows sharp" (DCH counts with the possibility of a root דלק III "be sharp") 2 PRO 26:23 MT HOTTP-C NIV NJPS NJB | RSV NRSV REB GNT CEV חָלָק "smooth" | DCH postulates a root דלק IV "to pour forth" which results in a meaning similar to חָלָק
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[דָּלַק] vb. burn (intrans.), hotly pursue Qal burn
hotly pursue
Hiph. inflame
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