Lexicon
לוּעַ
lu.a
H3886A
H:V Hebrew

to swallow

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Hebrew
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lu.a describes the nations’ swallowing in the drinking sequence of Obadiah 1:16.

The sole attested use places lu.a in a sequence where all nations drink continually and then swallow in Obadiah 1:16.

Senses in use

  1. Swallowing after drinking · dominant

    In Obadiah 1:16, the Qal sequential perfect third common plural form occurs in the statement about all nations drinking continually; the APB renders the sequence, “they shall drink and swallow.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Obadiah 1:16, the APB presents the clause as “they shall drink and swallow,”.

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