אֵשׁ 377 noun feminineExodus 9:23 (
masculineJeremiah 48:45; Psalm 104:4; 
**masculine is dubious: 
Numbers 16:18 read 
עָלֶיהָ for 2nd 
עֲלֵיהֶם (

 B); 
Jeremiah 20:9 see Ges
§ 132 d; 
Jeremiah 48:45 read (many MSS., 
Numbers 21:23) 
יצאה; 
Psalm 104:4 read perhaps (Ol Du): 
לֵֹֽֽֽהטָה, or 
וָלָֽחַט; 
Job 20:26 see Ges
§ 145 u (or 121 b): compare Albr
ZAW xvi {1896}. 63; 
Feminine & 
masculineJeremiah 20:9; Job 20:26) 
fire (Assyrian 
išatu COT
Gloss, Syriac 
aXtxwAe  , Ethiopic 
አላት፡ derivatives from II. 
אנשׁ, 
أَنَسَ, sociable, friendly element (MV Wetzst in De
Psalmen, ed. 4, p. 888 Lag
BN 68 compare 
انيسة, 
مانوسة), improbable especially in view of Assyrian; daghesh probably secondary; compare also Sta
§ 189 b) — 
א׳ absolute 
Exodus 9:24 +; construct 
Leviticus 6:2 + (seldom); suffix 
אִשּׁוֺ Deuteronomy 4:36; 
Job 18:5; 
אֶשְׁכֶם Isaiah 50:11; 
אִשָּׁם Isaiah 66:24; — 
    1. fire, of conflagration, e.g. in briers, endangering or destroying crops 
תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ וּמָֽצְאָה קֹצִים Exodus 22:5; compare 
Exodus 3:2 הַסְּנֶה בֹּעֵר בָּאֵשׁ (both E); more often of deliberate destruction by fire, especially 
שָׂרַף בָּאֵשׁ (
בָּ with qam. preton.) object golden calf 
Exodus 32:20 (J), other idols 
Deuteronomy 7:5, 
25, Asherim 
Deuteronomy 12:3, chariots 
Joshua 11:6, 
9; 
2 Kings 23:1, house 
Judges 12:1; 
Judges 14:15, tower 
Judges 9:52, city-gates 
Nehemiah 1:3; 
Nehemiah 2:3, 
13, 
17, city 
Joshua 6:24; 
Judges 18:27 compare 
Isaiah 1:7 +; also 
שִׁלַּח אֵשׁ בְּ Amos 1:4, 
7, 
10 +; 
שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ † 
Judges 1:8; 
Judges 20:48 compare 
2 Kings 8:12; 
הִצִּית אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 8:8, 
19; 
Jeremiah 17:27 +, compare 
Judges 9:49; 
2 Samuel 14:30, 
31 (of field, compare 
Exodus 22:5 above)
 
    2. of supernatural fire, attending theophany 
Exodus 3:2; 
Exodus 19:18 (both J E) 
Deuteronomy 4:11, 
12, 
15, 
33, 
36 +; specifically 
עַמּוּד (הָ)אֵשׁ Exodus 13:21, 
22; 
Exodus 14:24 (all J E) 
Nehemiah 9:12, 
19 compare 
Deuteronomy 1:33 (see 
מַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15, 
16 P); of destructive fire from 
י׳ Numbers 11:1, 
2, 
3 (J) 
Numbers 26:10 (P) 
Leviticus 10:2 (P); compare 
אֹכֶלָת א׳ in simile of Yahweh's glory 
Exodus 24:17 (E) 
Deuteronomy 4:24; 
Deuteronomy 9:3; see also 
1 Kings 18:24, 
38; 
2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); 
2 Kings 1:12 (twice in verse); 
2 Kings 1:14; 
Job 1:16 (perhaps lightning intended), compare further of lightning 
Exodus 9:23, 
24 (JE) 
Psalm 18:13; 
Psalm 18:14; 
Psalm 148:8 etc.
 
    6. in various combinations, 
אֵש לַפִּיד Genesis 15:17 (J) 
a torch of fire (compare Di); 
לַבַּת־אֵשׁ Exodus 3:2 flame of fire, 
לַהַב אֵשׁ Joel 2:5, 
אֵשׁ לַפִּידֵי (in simile) 
Daniel 10:6 compare 
Zechariah 12:6, 
לַהֲבוֺת אֵשׁ Psalm 29:7 לַהֲבֵי אֵשׁ Isaiah 66:15 compare 
לְהָבוֺת א׳ Psalm 105:32, 
לָהָבָה נֹגַהּ א׳ Isaiah 4:5 compare 
Hosea 7:6; 
שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֺ spark of his fire Job 18:5 compare 
כִּידוֺדֵי אֵשׁ Job 41:11; 
תַּנּוּר אֵשׁ Psalm 21:10 oven of fire, 
כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ Zechariah 12:6; 
אוֺר אֵשׁ light of fire Psalm 78:14; 
אֵשׁ לֹהֵט flaming fire Psalm 104:4; 
לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24 tongue of fire, 
גַּחֲלֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 1:13 coals of fire, so 
Ezekiel 10:2, compare 
רִשְׁמֵּי אֵשׁ Songs 8:6; on 
אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ Ezekiel 28:14, 
16 see 
אֶבֶן; 
אֵשׁ דַּת [
H799 Deuteronomy 33:2], literally 
fire of a law, or 
fire was a law, but 
דָּת law is Persian & late; read perhaps 
דֹת [
לַפִּ] 
אֵשׁ compare 
Exodus 20:18 or 
דֶת [
יֹקֶ] 
אֵשׁ compare 
Isaiah 65:5.
 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H785.
														
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