What does לָהַהּ · אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם mean in the Bible?
לָהַהּ · אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the land of Egypt languished".
Hebrew · H3856, H776, H4714
וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם
To be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish · the earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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לָהַהּ H3856 to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish
Pronunciation lāhah
Frenzied madness that exhausts into languid weakness; intensity collapsing into depletion.
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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מִצְרַיִם H4714 Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Pronunciation miṣĕrayim
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What does וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם (vatelah erets Mitsrayim) mean in the Bible?
לָהַהּ · אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the land of Egypt languished".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3856, H776, H4714?
H3856, H776, H4714 is connected to 3,142 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the land of Egypt languished
Strong's H3856, H776, H4714
Lexical occurrences 3,142 verses Source Gloss
the land of Egypt languished
Word Origins
וַתֵּלַהּ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain