le.ha.vah denotes a flame, especially as it burns, consumes, kindles, or appears alongside fire.

The term denotes a flame in contexts of burning and consuming: it accompanies fire that consumes stubble, trees, enemies, or a land, and it also appears in descriptions of passing through fire without being burned. Singular and plural forms occur in these fire-related clauses.

1. Burning flame in scenes of fire · dominant

   The singular absolute form occurs in clauses where fire burns or consumes: in Isaiah 5:24 the APB renders dry grass sinking into “flame,” and in Joel 2:3 it renders fire eating before and flame kindling behind. In Isaiah 43:2, the clause concerns walking through fire without being burned; Psalm 105:32 uses the plural form in the APB’s phrase “fire, and flames in their land.”

   Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 43:2Joel 2:3Psalm 105:32Psalm 106:18Obadiah 1:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the fire imagery with “flame” or “flames,” including “a consuming flame of fire” in Lamentations 2:3. These renderings confirm the clauses’ fire setting rather than assigning each English occurrence mechanically to the term.