Strong H3938לָעַט
swallow
- Transliteration
- lâ‛aţ
- Pronunciation
- law-at'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to swallow greedily; causatively to feed: - feed.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: to eat
Exact lexical definition: swallow
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: [ לָעַט ] vb . swallow ( greedily );—only Hiph . Gn 25:30 (J)
In the Bible
Strong H3938 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- feed1
First verses
- Genesis 25:30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.