na.saq describes setting a fire burning, whether with fuel or weapons, and a fire blazing against Jacob.

The attested forms depict fire being set burning: people make fires from weapons in Ezekiel 39:9, a man kindles a fire from fuel in Isaiah 44:15, and fire blazes against Jacob in Psalm 78:21.

1. Setting or becoming ablaze · dominant

   The Hiphil forms describe making a fire burn: in Ezekiel 39:9 the APB renders the action “make fires with the weapons,” and in Isaiah 44:15 it renders “kindles a fire.” The Niphal form in Psalm 78:21 occurs in the clause the APB renders “fire blazed against Jacob.”

   Ezekiel 39:9Isaiah 44:15Psalm 78:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the three clauses with “make fires,” “kindles a fire,” and “fire blazed.” These phrases show the verses’ fire imagery rather than fixed English renderings for the lemma.