to amaze
lih.le.ah describes an amazed or bewildered figure in a comparison involving missiles, arrows, and death.
The sole attested use presents a male singular participial figure as amazed or bewildered within a comparison involving missiles, arrows, and death in Proverbs 26:18.
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Being amazed or bewildered · dominant
In Proverbs 26:18, the form מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ is a masculine singular absolute participle describing the person introduced by the comparison; the APB renders the verse, "Like one who shoots missiles, arrows, and death,". The translation does not isolate the term's contribution, so the precise English expression remains uncertain beyond the verse's comparative scene.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 26:18, the APB presents the comparison as "Like one who shoots missiles, arrows, and death," but, as a whole-verse translation, it does not clearly identify a separate English rendering for the term.