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Strong's #01814 - דָּלַק
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1) to burn, hotly pursue
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to burn
1a2) to hotly pursue
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to kindle
1b2) to inflame
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2104) qld (דלק DLQ) AC: Inflame CO: ? AB: ?: The building heat of a fire or passion.
V) qld (דלק DLQ) - Inflame: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) pursue, kindle, chase, persecute, persecutor, inflame - Strongs: H1814 (דָּלַק), H1815 (דְּלַק)
Nf2) tqld (דלקת DLQT) - Inflammation: KJV (1): inflammation - Strongs: H1816 (דַּלֶּקֶת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
all intransitive burn, kindle; Hiph`il, Aph`el transitive) — Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular דָּלַקְתָּ Genesis 31:36; 3 masculine plural וְדָֽלְקוּ consecutive Obadiah 18; suffix דְּלָקֻנִי Lamentations 4:19; Imperfect יִדְלַק Psalm 10:2; Infinitive construct דְּלֹק 1 Samuel 17:53; Participle active plural דֹּלְקִים Psalm 7:14; Proverbs 26:23; —
1 burn, וְדָֽלְקוּ בָהֶם Obadiah 18 (figurative of Israel ravaging among Edomites, "" וַאֲכָלוּם; on construction with בְּ compare 2 Kings 17:25); also in חִצָּיו לְדֹלְקִים יִפְעָ֑ל Psalm 7:14 his arrows he maketh burning ones (subject God) RV De Che and others; & שְׂפָתַיִם דֹּלְקִים Proverbs 26:23 burning (fervent) lips (opposed to לֵב רָ֑ע).
2 hotly pursue Genesis 31:36 (E; followed by אַחֲרֵי) 1 Samuel 17:53 (followed by id.); Psalm 10:2; Lamentations 4:19 (both followed by accusative)
Hiph`il Imperfect suffix יַדְלִיקֵם Isaiah 5:11; Imperative הַדְלֵק Ezekiel 24:10; — inflame, with accusative, subject wine Isaiah 5:11; kindle object הָאֵשׁ Ezekiel 24:10.
[דְּלַק] verb burn (Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Participle active דָּלִ֑ק (K§ 29,1) Daniel 7:9 burning fire.
דָּלַק fut. יִדְלַק
(1) to burn, to flame. (Aram. ܕܠܩܰ, id. To this corresponds Gr. δέρκομαι, prop. to flame, to shine, which is applied to the power of seeing; comp. שָׁזַף). Psalms 7:14, חִצָּיו לְדֹלְקִים יִפְעַל “he makes his arrows flaming,” i.e. he shoots burning arrows. Followed by בְּ to set on fire, to kindle, Obadiah 1:18.
(2) The signification of burning is variously applied
(a), to the glow of love and friendship. Proverbs 26:23, שְׂפָתַיִם דֹּלְקִים “burning lips,” i.e. speeches which show or feign the warmest love.
(b) to anxiety, which is often compared to heat (Isaiah 13:8; Psalms 39:4). Psalms 10:2. Comp. Schult. Ep. ad Menken. i.p. 49.
(c) to the heat of persecution, pursuing, whence דָּלַק אַחֲרֵי “to pursue hotly” (in the language of higher Germany, nachfeuern). Genesis 31:36, כִּי דָֽקַלְתָּ אַחֲרַי “that thou pursuest me so hotly,” 1 Samuel 17:53. Followed by an acc. id. Lamentations 4:19, עַל־הֶהָרִים דְּלָקֻנוּ “they pursued us upon the mountains.” (Arab. دلق and ذلق have various figurative uses nearly approaching to those in Hebrew; as دلق to rush violently as a crowd, comp. letter c.; ذلق to be sharp and ready, as the tongue, comp. letter a.
Hiphil, to kindle, Ezekiel 24:10, to heat, to inflame (used of wine). Isaiah 5:11, יַיִן יַדְלִיקֵם “wine inflames them.”
