לָהַם
laham · swallow greedily; delicacy
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3859 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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laham (לָהַם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “swallow greedily; delicacy”.
To swallow greedily; "delicious morsels", what is gulped down eagerly.
How to say it
la·ham
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Something tasty that is gulped down eagerly and sinks deep.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Proverbs 18:8
The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.
- Proverbs 26:22
The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.