לָהַם lâham — properly, to burn in, i.e. (figuratively) to rankle
Translated in the KJV as wound.
a primitive root; properly, to burn in, i.e. (figuratively) to rankle.
lâham in each stem
Hitpa'el
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Participle (active) 2
כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים Prov 18:8 Participle (active), masculine plural
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים Prov 26:22 Participle (active), masculine plural
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›