# H3859 לָהַם

לָהַם (lâham), Strong’s H3859: properly, to burn in, i.e. (figuratively) to rankle KJV: wound.. Occurs 2 times.

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*lâham* — properly, to burn in, i.e. (figuratively) to rankle

KJV: wound.

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [לָהַם] vb. swallow greedily;—only Hithp.

## Where it occurs
- [Proverbs 18:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=8) — The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
- [Proverbs 26:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/26?v=22) — The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.