דָּלַק
dâlaq · daw-lak'
to flame (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to flame (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּלַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that thou hast so hotly pursued1 · 11%
- from chasing1 · 11%
- against the persecutors1 · 11%
- doth persecute1 · 11%
- burning1 · 11%
- inflame1 · 11%
- they pursued1 · 11%
- kindle1 · 11%
- and they shall kindle1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.