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H3886 לוּעַ (lûwaʻ) loo'-ah
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to gulp; figuratively, to be rash

KJV Usage: swallow down (up)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לוּעַ (lu.a) — to swallow. (Qal) to swallow, swallow down

לוּעַ (lu.a) — to talk wildly. to talk wildly

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

[לוּעַ, or לָעַע] vb. swallow, swallow down base

[לוּע, or לָעַע] vb. talk wildly base

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