Definition
a primitive root meaning properly, to burn, i.e. (by implication) to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish
Traditional renderings: faint, mad.
Traditional renderings: faint, mad.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לָהַה:
- ἐκλείπωekleipō“to fail”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2 total
- Genesis 47:13וַתֵּ֜לַהּ · had been exhaustedThere was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
- Proverbs 26:18כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ · Like a madmanLike a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,