King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2846
Transliteration: chathah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to snatch up
Meaning: to lay hold of, to pick up fire
Word Summary
chathah: to snatch up
Original Word: חָתָהTransliteration: chathah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to snatch up
Meaning: to lay hold of, to pick up fire
Strong's Concordance
heap, take away A primitive root; to lay hold of; especially to pick up fire -- heap, take (away).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2846. chathah
[חָתָה] verb snatch up, usually fire, coals (Late Hebrew id.; חֲתָא ᵑ7, id. (rare); Assyrian —atû is destroy (i.e. snatch away ?) see SASmAsrb i. 90) —
Qal Imperfect יַחְתֶּה Proverbs 6:27; suffix יַחְתְּךָ Psalm 52:7; Infinitive construct לַחְתּוֺת Isaiah 30:14; Participle חֹתֶה Proverbs 25:22; — snatch up, with accusative מִיָּקוּד אֵשׁ Isaiah 30:14 to snatch up fire from a hearth ("" מִגֶּבֶא מים לַחְשׂף); בְּחֵיקוֺ אֵשׁ Proverbs 6:27 shall a man snatch up fire in his bosom and his garments not be burned ? (in simile of adulterer); pregnantly seize (and put) upon ח אַתָּה ׳גְּחָלִים עלרֿאֹשׁוֺ 25:22; מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ יַחְתְּךָ Psalm 52:7 God . . . shall snatch thee away, and pluck thee up tent-less.