STRONGS NUMBER H7957


Word Summary
shalhebeth: flame
Original Word: שַׁלְהֶבֶת
Transliteration: shalhebeth
Phonetic Spelling: (shal-heh'-beth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: flame
Meaning: a flare of fire
Strong's Concordance
flaming flame

From the same as lahab with sibilant prefix; a flare of fire -- (flaming) flame.

see HEBREW lahab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7957. shalhebeth

שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶתnoun feminine flame (Aramaic שַׁלְהוֺבִיתָא‎ ) — in שׁ ׳לַהֶבֶתEzekiel 21:3, of judgment; so שַׁלְהָ֑בֶתJob 15:30; שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה אֵשׁ רִשְׁמֵּיSong of Solomon 8:6 i.e. Yahweh-flame = powerful flame (> JägerBAS i.471 JastrJBL xiii (1894), 111 explains יָֿה‎ here as encl. particle)