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H3856

לָהַהּ

lâhahh · law-hah'

to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive root meaning properly, to burn, i.e. (by implication)

to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish

  1. to be rabid (figuratively, insane)
  2. also, (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: faint, mad.

Letters

  1. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  2. הHe5

    Picture: a person with both arms raised

    Concrete
    a man calling out · a window · breath
    Extended
    behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
  3. הHe5

    Picture: a person with both arms raised

    Concrete
    a man calling out · a window · breath
    Extended
    behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold › to reveal, behold

Authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָהַהּ 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

2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • fainted1 · 50%
  • as a mad1 · 50%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וַתֵּ֜לַהּ1כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance