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H3216 יָלַע (yâlaʻ) yaw-lah'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to blurt or utter inconsiderately

KJV Usage: devour

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָלַע (ya.la) — to blurt. 1) (Qal) to speak rashly, talk wildly 1a) (TWOT) to swallow, swallow down

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Speak | verb qal

to speak rashly = action by which humans speak without proper reflection ahead of time

JOB 6:3 · PRO 20:25

verb

Ingest | verb qal | ≈ שׁתה

to gulp down exact meaning unknown; probably: = action by which humans ingest liquids in large quantities

OBA 1:16

Reinier de Blois

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[לוּע, or לָעַע] vb. talk wildly base

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