Lâhahh — H3856

Definition

verb

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

1. (Qal) to languish, faint
2. to amaze, startle
1. (Hithpalpel) madman (subst)

Usually translated as

mad, faint

Origin

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

Greek equivalents

• ekleípō (G1587)

Occurrences

Lâhahh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Proverbs (1)

• Genesis 47:13 — And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted (וַתֵּ֜לַהּ) by reason of the famine.
• Proverbs 26:18 — As a mad (כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ) man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,