Original Word: לָעַע
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: luwa'
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-ah)
Short Definition: swallow [לוּעַ, or לָעַע] verb swallow, swallow down (Syriac , lap or lick up Judges 7:5-7); —

Qal Perfect3plural וְלָע֫וּ consecutive Obadiah 16 (Ges^{§ 67} R. 12); — absolute, figurative of nations drinking (cup of judgment). — Hi De talk wildly, see

II.לוע; We Now נָעוּ reel, totter (compare Isaiah 24:20; Isaiah 29:9).

II. [לוּע, or לָעַע] verb talk wildly (ᵑ0 לָ֑עוּ יָ֫לַע perhaps better would be לָעוּ֫, יִ֫לַע (√ לעה), compare Thes and Arabic , make mistakes in talking, Ba^{ZMG xii. 1887, 605, 614}); —

Qal Perfect3masculine plural לָ֑עוּ Job 6:3, subject דברים (see Di); Imperfect מוֺקֵשׁ אָדָם יָ֫לַע קֹדֶשׁ Proverbs 20:25 it is a snare to a man that he should rashly cry, Holy ! (construction unusual, and perhaps text, error, compare Frankenberg; on form see Ol^{§ 243 a Anm}; Bö^{i. 296} Kö^{i. 375 f.} derive from לעע; Str., Hiph`il from לעע).

לוץ see ליץ.

swallow down up

A primitive root; to gulp; figuratively, to be rash -- swallow down (up).

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