A primitive root; to lick -- lick (up).
H3897. lachak
לחַךְ verb lick (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic לְחַךְ ; Arabic ; -
Qal Infinitive construct כִּלְחֹךְ Numbers 22:4 (E), followed by accusative; of ox licking up grass.
Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular לִחֵ֑כָה 1 Kings 18:38; Imperfect3masculine plural יְלַחֲכוּ Numbers 22:4; Micah 7:17; יְלַחֵ֑כוּ Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 43:23; lick up (followed by accusative), fire from heaven the water in trench 1 Kings 18:38; of Israel consuming produce of land Numbers 22:3(E); especially ׳ל עָפָר lick the dust, sign of humiliation Micah 7:17; Psalm 72:9; Isaiah 49:23.