לָהַט lâhaṭ — properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
Translated in the KJV as burn, set on fire, flaming, kindle.
a primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze.
lâhaṭ in each stem
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 2
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 2
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
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 ›