da.laq describes pressing pursuit of people and the burning or kindling seen in fire, wine, and consuming flame.

The attested uses divide chiefly between pressing pursuit of a person or group and burning or kindling in scenes of fire and consumption. The pursuit clauses describe chasing after opponents or afflicted people, while the burning clauses include kindling a fire, wine that sets drinkers ablaze, and flame consuming stubble; the contribution of the participle in Psalm 7:14 is not identifiable from the translation.

1. Pressing pursuit after people · dominant

   Qal forms occur in clauses of pursuit: in Genesis 31:36 Jacob challenges Laban for having pursued him, and in 1 Samuel 17:53 the APB renders the clause “returned from pursuing after the Philistines.” In Lamentations 4:19 pursuers chase the people on the mountains, while Psalm 10:2 describes the wicked pursuing the afflicted.

   Genesis 31:361 Samuel 17:53Lamentations 4:19Psalm 10:2
2. Burning, kindling, and consuming · common

   In Ezekiel 24:10 the Hiphil imperative stands in the instruction to heap wood and “kindle the fire.” Isaiah 5:11 places a Hiphil imperfect in the clause where wine “sets them ablaze”; Obadiah 1:18 depicts fire and flame consuming stubble, and Proverbs 26:23 compares “Burning lips” with a wicked heart.

   Ezekiel 24:10Isaiah 5:11Obadiah 1:18Proverbs 26:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the pursuit uses with “pursuing,” “pursued,” and “pursuers,” and the burning uses with “kindle,” “sets them ablaze,” “burn,” and “Burning.” Psalm 7:14 does not clearly isolate this term’s contribution.